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A magazine devoted to achieving a healthy environment for all Australians. Reports on Australian environmental issues, including conservation and ecologically sustainable alternatives to current industry and consumer practices. This is the membership publ
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Habitat Australia back issues
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Special message from ACF executive director, Don Henry.(Australian Conservation Foundation)(Column)
April 1, 2009... Dear Friends
Like the rest of Australia, I was deeply shocked by the recent devastating extreme weather across our country and the Victorian bushfires. Everyone at ACF sends our most sincere condolences to those who have lost family members, friends and homes to the fires.
Like many...
Climate change campaign.(DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD: ACF CAMPAIGN UPDATES)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... ACF staff, council and members were disappointed and angry when Prime Minister Rudd announced last December that Australia's 2020 emissions target would fall within 5-15 per cent--that's below 1990 levels. Sadly, the Rudd Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) has been...
Healthy ecosystems campaign.(DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD: ACF CAMPAIGN UPDATES)
April 1, 2009... The financial losses caused by the collapse of monetary markets late last year are dwarfed by the economic losses caused by the destruction of ecosystems and biodiversity.
The economic impact on human well-being just from deforestation and land degradation alone has been estimated at...
Sustainable Australia campaign.(DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD: ACF CAMPAIGN UPDATES)
April 1, 2009... With the Federal Government spending billions of dollars to avoid an economic slow down, ACF has been working hard to ensure that the money goes towards making our homes and school buildings more energy- and water-smart as well as boosting investment in sustainable infrastructure such as...
Care for country campaign.(DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD: ACF CAMPAIGN UPDATES)(Conference notes)
April 1, 2009... In November 2008, Andrew Picone, from ACF's Northern Australia Program (NAP), and I attended the inaugural Australian Protected Areas Conference (APAC) on the Sunshine Coast, organised by the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and supported by the International Union for...