We badly need a national conversation on protecting the environment, but will we get one?
There is no such thing as a free lunch
We badly need a national conversation on protecting the environment, but will we get one?
In November 2019 Australia’s federal and state environment ministers signed off on a new national biodiversity strategy. But the new strategy doesn’t actually contain any strategies (ie means to achieving ends). And there’s no new money or programs to support it, although the new website does serve as an aggregator for existing strategies and programs from various governments. The implication seems to be that if you think we need to do more to halt biodiversity decline, do it yourself!
What’s in Australia’s decadal Environmental Report Card? By Peter Burnett The OECD has just...