Petition addressed to: European Policy Makers
Australia’s incredible nature and unique animals are facing unprecedented threats. Deforestation for agriculture, logging and development has caused the destruction of half the country’s forest and bushland in just 230 years. This makes Australia a global extinction and deforestation hotspot, with over 1,700 plants and animals now threatened—including the iconic koala which could become extinct by 2050.
This crisis has been allowed by inadequate laws that fail to protect nature, but also by European finance, which provides a lot of the money that supports destructive industries in Australia—like deforestation.
Right now, the European Union is debating new laws on “imported deforestation” to reduce its impact on the world’s forests. But the laws may not end up being strong enough to solve the problem.
Together, we can let European leaders know about the impacts deforestation is having in Australia, and ask them to make the new laws strong enough to put an end to the financial flows and regulatory loopholes from Europe.
Will you add your name to the Wilderness Society’s letter pressuring European policy makers to stop allowing European deforestation finance from reaching Australia?
Wilderness Society campaigner Adele will deliver the letter to European institutions in person on your behalf.
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Australia’s incredible nature is being destroyed at an astounding rate. Across the continent, on unceded First Nations’ land, precious forests and bushland are still being logged and cleared. The crisis is enabled in part by European banks and investors, which are financing destructive industries in Australia. European finance is helping industries like beef production to continue destroying forests without strong restrictions, pushing iconic animals like the koala on the verge of extinction: this needs to change.
The financial sector needs a wake-up call: banks and financial institutions cannot continue funding Australian deforestation. They must recognise Australia’s extinction crisis, take stock of their own involvement in the damage, and take concrete steps to stop giving Australian industries a free rein to keep destroying precious forests and bushland. As a European policy-maker, you have the capacity to create strong laws to prevent European finance from driving deforestation in Australia, and help give nature the protection it deserves everywhere on Earth.
Petition started:
05/17/2022
Collection ends:
06/27/2022
Region:
European Union
Topic:
Environment
