Last month, Plant Conservation Australia provided a submission to the ACT Government on their Draft Nature Conservation Strategy. In it, we commended the Nature Positive and cross-tenure approach set out by the Strategy, but expressed concerns over some of the timeframes set out, as well as a few instances where ambiguous language and targets could give opportunity for justification of a lack of conservation action. We also argued for this strategy to be fully resourced, pointing to the decline in many indicators for the health of our ecosystems noted in the 2023 State of the Environment Report.
You can read the submission here.
Image: View of Canberra city from Mt Ainslie – Credit: Richie Southerton