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🔊 Businesses - there are only 2 days remaining to contribute to our #PolicyConsultation on #NaturePolicies 🌱 Businesses cannot address the challenge of nature and biodiversity loss alone; political leadership and transformative policies are needed. 🌎 That’s why we’re drafting recommendations, asking governments to provide the right incentives to accelerate and scale corporate action on #Nature, and we want to hear from you. Share your views by the 1 March deadline. 🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/consult24

“The best measure we have of environmental destruction here and globally is GDP.” These words from Dr Mike Joy resonate with the core work I have dedicated myself to. Tender, compassionate, clear and courageous – the second pair of words we often hear about Mike Joy. The first pair emerge from an amazing interview about his just-published memoir. This is a book I'm simply going to have to buy. In line with its title, 'The Fight for Fresh Water', Mike speaks to those of us in the environmental field. As a dairy farmer in a previous life, he displays great empathy for farmers and their animals. In line with his name, he also offers a positive path to solve the suite of existential problems we face. And who wouldn't want to know what it's like to work for the SIS? Buy the book at your local bookstore or online from the publisher at https://lnkd.in/gpmWD-QP. And listen to Mike's extraordinary 24-minute interview with Susie Ferguson on RNZ here:  https://lnkd.in/grS48GYP #GDP #environment #consumption #climatechange #dairying #farming #livingstandardsframework #renerativefarming #wellbeingeconomy Water New Zealand Carbon and Energy Professionals New Zealand Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) Ministry for the Environment | Manatū mō te Taiao The Treasury - New Zealand Statistics New Zealand

A trivial cost to save Australia's environment... The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists released their Blueprint to repair Australia's environment. Using the best available science and expert advice, they identified 24 actions worth A$7.3 billion each year over 30 years, which could repair much of the past two centuries of degradation. This investment amounts to about 0.3% of Australia’s gross domestic product. In reality, the Blueprint shows that it is possible to undo 200 years of poor land management at a continental scale. I truly hope that the Australian Government adopts and implements the Blueprint - we need to ensure future generations of Australians can enjoy our most remarkable and unique biodiversity and landscapes as we have done. https://lnkd.in/gBHafNt3

For the first time scientists, governance and business leaders in the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists have produced a dollar estimate of what it would take to fix Australia’s environment. They estimate that $7.3bn a year for 30 years - or just 0.3% of GDP - could avoid most extinctions, repair our soils and restore our rivers 🐨🌿🐟 “Given that nearly half of our GDP depends on nature, that’s a pretty sound investment,” said University of Queensland professor Martine Maron. Right now, just 0.1% of federal spending goes towards nature protection in Australia. It's not nearly enough to keep nature healthy. That's why we're calling on the Australian Government to significantly increase federal funding towards achieving #30by30, so that future generations can enjoy the nature that makes Australia so unique and special.  https://lnkd.in/gQYK9GCp

Will UK businesses invest in nature recovery? Our Chief Ecologist Emma Toovey strongly predicts so, and according to The Times’ Ben Cooke, it’s looking likely. “There are plenty of signs that Toovey’s prediction will prove right. The government already encourages companies to disclose their impacts on the natural world. And last year, the chair of the Commons environmental audit committee, Philip Dunne, called on it to require them to do so.” With a Habitat Bank at the Castle Howard Estate Ltd recently adding to our portfolio of nature recovery sites in England, we’re offering businesses with nature-positive targets the opportunity to invest in meaningful action via our Nature Shares. Many business sectors don’t yet face mandatory disclosure but still have environmentally-minded consumers to consider, and we believe there are truly compelling incentives for them to invest in nature ahead of impact disclosure becoming mandatory – for the planet’s health and for their own commercial interest. With governments putting increasing pressure on businesses to be transparent about their impact on the natural world, is proactive investment into restoring our lost habitats the next logical step for businesses to take? Read Ben Cooke's The Times article to discover more on predictions for a “thriving market” for businesses looking to invest in nature. https://lnkd.in/eYwXAGdh #NatureShares #NatureRecovery #Business #Biodiversity #Environment

For the first time, scientists, governance, and business leaders have collaborated to estimate the cost of restoring Australia's environment.   The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists has released a Blueprint detailing 24 practical actions and investments, across five key environmental asset groups, to repair Australia’s degraded landscapes.   This comprehensive plan leverages science and expert advice to highlight public and private investment opportunities worth A$7.3 billion annually over 30 years – just 0.3% of Australia's GDP.   Key measures include objectives across soils, inland waters, native vegetation, threatened species and coastal environment innovative private sector solutions, while emphasising the need for First Nations leadership in managing and repairing landscapes.   ASFI recognises the importance of nature to a resilient and sustainable economy. We welcome the report and look forward to building on its findings to support the direction of capital toward nature positive outcomes. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gqDUs3D2   #NatureRestoration #NaturePositive #SustainableFinance

A recent poll shows that 75% of citizens in the Netherlands, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Sweden support the Nature Restoration Law (NRL). They believe in urgent action to restore ecosystems for better health, farming, and economic benefits. Despite the clear public opinion, these EU Member States are not supporting the Nature Restoration Law. Succow Foundation supports the NRL and urges, alongside the #RestoreNature coalition, that opposing governments listen to their citizens and adopt the law. 🌍💚 Eleven ministers from Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Lithuania, and Slovenia have sent a letter urging the opposing EU countries to support the NRL at the Environment Council meeting on June 17th. https://lnkd.in/epMTs3jv Let's work together to protect our nature and future! #NatureRestorationLaw #RestoreNature #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #VoteFutureEU #VoteForNature BirdLife International ClientEarth WWF Greifswald Moor Centrum ©Restore Nature Coalition

This new study showing a pathway to improving Australia's natural environment is right on target. Australia massively underspends on the environment and every five years we get a state of environment report reflecting that neglect. Spending money on the environment works and it is affordable. It's just that the two major political parties are quick to slash spending on the environment. Solution: vote for the candidates with the best environmental policies.

❗REMINDER❗Today is New Zealanders' last opportunity to make a submission opposing the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. 🙏 Please make a submission to protect the health of rivers and communities by 11.59pm today, Sunday 30 June 🙏 The bill is a threat to freshwater and other native ecosystems because: 💧 it removes the requirement to prioritise the health and wellbeing of waterbodies and freshwater ecosystems when deciding whether resource consents should be granted, and what conditions should be imposed on those consents. This will lead to worse outcomes for freshwater, people’s health, and ecosystems. It could make your drinking water less safe and your local rivers unswimmable. 💧 it allows new coal mines in wetlands and significant natural areas. This will contribute to the loss of wetlands and biodiversity and fuel the climate crisis. 💧 it gives the Minister for the Environment the sole power to make or change national policy, removing any role for an independent ‘Board of Inquiry’. This undermines sustainable management, democracy, and public participation. 👉 Links to Forest & Bird's guidelines (with key points) and the online submission are below 👇 Guidelines (with key points): https://buff.ly/3xocxam Online submission: https://buff.ly/4bZfwFb