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Professor Euan Ritchie
@euanritchie.bsky.social
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Dad, ecologist & conservation scientist living on unceded Wurundjeri Country in Narrm. He/him.

Research: https://euanritchie.org/
The Conversation: bit.ly/2rjBg9A

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🌈 Ally Born: 331 ppm CO2 .. more

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Nov 12
Ok, here’s my starter pack! go.bsky.app/4ASwaLv
Non-exhaustive list!

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 3h
sounds like they aren't too concerned about the EPBC package...well it's only Coal & Gas projects that're excluded from the 3 fast-track pathways
A lot depends on the National Environmental Standards for various matters & I worry how flippantly Labor reneged on offsets in Nature Repair Mkt☹️

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 4h
Thank you, ESA 🙏—excellent statement on what's actually needed to make & sustain meaningful changes as Labor strikes a deal with The Greens to pass EPBC bills

Great to see 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and knowledge in decision making and caring for Country' headline the ESA list

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 5h
First take on EPBC amendments in the compromise deal struck to get it passed

Justine Bell-James, @euanritchie.bsky.social, @drphilmccormack.bsky.social & me in @aunz.theconversation.com

#NativeForestLogging #MinisterialDiscretion #UnacceptableImpacts #PayToDestroy #NationalEnvironmentalStandards
Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?
After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?
theconversation.com

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Lisa Cox @lisacox.bsky.social · 5h
Quick explainer on some of the main features of the new nature laws, noting some details remain to be seen
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 5h
I suspect we don’t disagree at all, Eddy ;)

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 5h
Our rapid assessment of the #EPBC Act reform package that's set to pass the senate theconversation.com/long-sought-... - Led by Justine Bell-James, with @drphilmccormack.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social and me. #ESA2025 @aunz.theconversation.com @biodivcouncil.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?
After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?
theconversation.com

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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 6h
Love mammals AND movies? We need help from all the cinephiles out there!
Give us your best mammal-themed movie ideas for a very special screening night at next year's conference!

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 8h
If you weren't already convinced of what complict scum our entire political class is
Labor and LNP voting against a motion to recognise Israel's genocide in Gaza

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Matt Dell @mattdell.bsky.social · 10h
Shelby Jones (honours) at #ESA2025 presenting her findings on insect pollinator composition and floral responses in Gentiana baeuerlenii to plant-scale climate variables. -> New model to help explain reproduction. - 1st pollinators identified for Australian gentians.
@deakinuniversity.bsky.social

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 10h
Cane toads are advancing on WA's unique Pilbara region. @judydunlop.bsky.social and her team have a plan to stop them!

@ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025 🌏 we're hearing about the Toad Containment Zone - creating a waterless barrier across the Pilbara to stop the invasion.
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Judy has matched her dress colour to the mustard yellow cane toad on her title slide A once in a lifetime chance to stop the toad invasion. 'Working with Country to save Country' - Martin Bin Rashid, Karajarri

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 11h
Breaking news- fungi are plants now in SA 😁🍄 #esa2025 Phillipa McCormack gives us a rundown of thoughtful new and more flexible nature laws in SA.
Including learning lessons from extinction?! Whodathunk it. #wildoz

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 11h
"Ferocious love" of the places & things we care about

@drphilmccormack.bsky.social frames her work in environmental law and climate justice through her love of nature, which we share @ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025 🌏
Phil on stage in front of her title slide 'Laws that take us somewhere... good?' Good law is at least little subjective

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 12h
Thanks, Yung

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d
Ever grateful to those that speak up & out, & for their solidarity.

Science suppression & self-censorship is rife. I understand why many are reluctant to speak truth to power, it can come with great costs, seen & unseen, with the latter often being the most insidious, upsetting & damaging. #ESA2025

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Sally Fryar 🍄💧 🇦🇺 🧬 🔬 @sally-mycology.bsky.social · 1d
@camilletruong.bsky.social presenting fascinating work on the impact of fire on mycorrhizal fungi in Australian forests. #ESA2025

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d
Except that Julia Gillard’s government created something even better with the help of the Greens and Indies…and then Abbott killed it. But hey, let’s keep perpetuating misleading narratives that erase our first female PM.

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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you to everyone who joined us at #ESA2025 and helped make the lunch such a wonderful celebration 🎉

Learn more about Ecology Matters: Conversations with Australian Ecologists by @ecolsocaus.bsky.social and Grace Heathcote:

www.publishing.csiro.au/book/8205
Ecology Matters
Australia is known for its spectacular and diverse natural environment, from sweeping landscapes to unique flora and fauna. It is a place that invokes wonder and demands protection in equal measure. I...
www.publishing.csiro.au

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 1d
Fab talk from @megcevans.bsky.social about government trying to use capitalism (for profit model) to attempt to solve problems created by capitalism (environmental damage and biodiversity loss).
But $2bn to solve biodiversity crisis isn't much compared to many other publicly funded things.
#esa2025

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 1d
Congrats to @predator-smarts.bsky.social on winning the @ecolsocaus.bsky.social Next Gen award!
#ESA2025 🌏

Exploring landscape of fear, Eamonn looked at fox, dingo & human interaction.

Humans + dingos = terrified foxes

Levels of human disturbance change predator-prey interactions & animal traits!
Eamonn on stage, giving his talk, with an dingo plus prey on the slide behind him

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 1d
The motto of #ESA2025 this year is "Biodiversity on the brink – BOLD ACTIONS for a resilient future"

On Thu I'm presenting on a super bold, landscape-scale biodiversity project that will keep 10-25 species from being added to Threatened species list.

Thu 1030!
Big room!
Comfy chairs!
Great photos!

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 1d
ARC are considering a restructure in which jobs there will be lost, a source tells me.

This seems ridiculous when they're about to completely overhaul the entire grants system – they've never undertaken anything so large before!

I've long said ARC needs MANY MORE staff, & should do more, not less.

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 1d
Really enjoying hearing so many expert, vibrant and sharp women as plenaries of #esa2025. What bloody superstars 🤩

#womeninSTEM
@ecolsocaus.bsky.social

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 1d
Some fantastic tips on engaging with the media coming from hugely experienced @biodivcouncil.bsky.social Jaana Dielenberg and Claire Peddie @ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025

- short, clear and fun pitches
- prep photos/videos ahead of time
- say yes to radio & tv to expand your audience
Panel speakers sitting on the stage at ESA, speaking about how to get your science into the media.

Reposted by Euan G. Ritchie, Matthew Holden, Catherine J. Frieman

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d
We have no answers from our institutions as to why Go8 universities endorsed BCA's regressive EPBC recommendations

But 90 of us have signed an 'Independent statement on the Group of Eight’s position on EPBC Act reforms'

🙏 Prof Justine Bell-James for writing & coordinating the independent statement
Independent statement on the Group of Eight’s position on EPBC Act reforms The federal Parliament is currently considering amendments to the flagship federal environmental legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (‘EPBC Act’). This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to strengthen environmental protections to reverse Australia’s current trajectory of extinctions and biodiversity loss. We are academics at the institutions in the Group of Eight (Go8), with expertise in biodiversity conservation science, climate science, policy, economics and law. We support amendments to the EPBC Act to strengthen protections for biodiversity and remove ministerial discretion and legal loopholes, in order to create a level playing field for businesses, and make environmental protection and recovery central to all decision-making processes under the Act. We note that the Go8 has signed a statement by the Business Council of Australia endorsing amendments that will weaken the Act’s protection for the environment. This statement does not reflect the world leading conservation research being carried out at our institutions. It also does not reflect the extensive evidence-based advice provided by experts based at Go8 institutions during the review and consultation processes over the past five years. We disagree with this statement, and the Go8’s endorsement of it. Signatories (in alphabetical order of family name) Professor Justine Bell-James The University of Queensland Emeritus Professor S Don Bradshaw The University of Western Australia Associate Professor Josephine Brown The University of Melbourne Honorary Associate Professor Peter Burnett Australian National University Professor Danielle Celermajer The University of Sydney Professor Iadine Chades Monash University Dr Yung En Chee The University of Melbourne Dr Shawan Chowdhury Monash University Dr Paul Close The University of Western Australia Associate Professor Carly Cook Monash University Professor Graeme Cumming The University of Western Australia Professor Saul Cunningham Australian National University Dr Christopher Cvitanovic UNSW Canberra Dr Nicholas Deal Monash University Associate Professor Angela Dean The University of Queensland Professor Emeritus Christopher Dickman The University of Sydney Professor Kingsley Dixon The University of Western Australia Associate Professor Daniel Dunn The University of Queensland Dr Megan Evans UNSW Canberra Signatories (in alphabetical order of family name) Dr José R. Ferrer-Paris UNSW Sydney Associate Professor Anita Foerster Monash University Adjunct Professor Rob Fowler The University of Adelaide Emeritus Professor Alex Gardner The University of Western Australia Professor Christophe Gaudin The University of Western Australia Professor Andrea Gaynor The University of Western Australia Associate Professor Hedley Grantham University of New South Wales Professor Pauline Grierson The University of Western Australia Dr Liz Hicks The University of Melbourne Professor Dieter Hochuli The University of Sydney Professor Andy Hogg The Australian National University Dr Matthew Holden The University of Queensland Professor Stephen D. Hopper AC The University of Western Australia Dr Brad Jessup The University of Melbourne Laureate Professor David Keith UNSW Professor Richard Kingsford UNSW Sydney A/Professor Carissa Klein The University of Queensland Associate Professor Joanna Kyriakakis Monash University Emeritus Professor Hans Lambers The University of Western Australia Associate Professor Nina Lansbury The University of Queensland Dr Natasha LeBas The University of Western Australia Professor Sarah Legge The Australian National University Distinguished Professor David Lindenmayer The Australian National University Professor Catherine Lovelock The University of Queensland Professor Kristen Lyons The University of Queensland Professor Rosemary Lyster The University of Sydney Professor Andrew Macintosh Australian National University Dr Ray Maher The University of Queensland Professor Martine Maron The University of Queensland Professor Sharon Mascher The University of Western Australia Dr Helen Mayfield The University of Queensland Professor Michael McCarthy The University of Melbourne Associate Professor Phillipa McCormack The University of Adelaide Professor Matt McDonald The University of Queensland Signatories (in alphabetical order of family name) Professor Karen McNamara The University of Queensland Professor Jessica Meeuwig The University of Western Australia Professor Malte Meinshausen The University of Melbourne Professor Nicki Mitchell The University of Western Australia Dr Rachel Morgain University of Melbourne Professor Craig Moritz Australian National University Professor Emily Nicholson The University of Melbourne Professor David Pannell The University of Western Australia Dr Tina Parkhurst The University of Melbourne Professor Kirsten Parris The University of Melbourne Associate Professor Natasha Pauli The University of Western Australia Dr Alexandra Pavlova Monash University Professor Jacqueline Peel The University of Melbourne Professor Jamie Pittock Australian National University Dr Pieter Poot The University of Western Australia Professor Hugh Possingham The University of Queensland Professor John Quiggin The University of Queensland Dr Cristina Ramalho The University of Western Australia Professor Amanda Ridley The University of Western Australia Professor Cynthia Riginos The University of Queensland Professor David Schlosberg The University of Sydney Associate Professor Robyn Schofield The University of Melbourne Professor Leigh Simmons The University of Western Australia Professor Paul Sunnucks Monash University Professor Stephen Swearer The University of Western Australia Professor Erika Techera The University of Western Australia Associate Professor Joseph Tomkins The University of Western Australia Professor Erik Veneklaas The University of Western Australia Professor Peter Vesk The University of Melbourne Dr Ella Vines Monash University Dr Jessica Walsh Monash University Professor Glenda Wardle The University of Sydney Professor James Watson The University of Queensland Associate Professor Alexandra Wawryk The University of Adelaide Professor Brendan Wintle The University of Melbourne Dr Nerida Wilson The University of Western Australia

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d
Courage, to do the right thing.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d
Leading conservation, environmental, policy, economic, and legal experts speak up and out about the Group of Eight's position on #EPBC Act reforms.

Thank you to all involved!

Full statement www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#ESA2025
Independent statement of the Go8's EPBC Act stance | Justine Bell-James
This week is critical, make-or-break for environmental law reform. As 90 of Australia's leading biodiversity and climate researchers at Group of Eight (Go8) institutions, we publicly disagree with Go8...
www.linkedin.com

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d
Given it's an existential threat, it absolutely is.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d
Minister Watt really is making a mockery of this critically important environmental law reform. If he wanted, he could act on the advice of scientists and experts, and amend Labor's bills, and the Greens would agree to support them. Summon the courage, Murray. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of ‘coin toss’
Labor is continuing talks with both sides and could be prepared to give more ground
www.theguardian.com

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 2d
As EPBC reforms get framed as political tussles & deal-making, don't forget ongoing colonialism, what's at stake on Indigenous lands, and their warnings that bad amendments & inadequate environmental laws "risk irreversible damage to country, culture and communities"