🌍 Meet the Phoenix Species Project, a new global effort to help recover 100 of the world's most threatened species. Launched by @bezosearthfund.org & @rewildorg.bsky.social, support from Leonardo Dicaprio, Age of Union & the Todd Graves Family Foundation. Follow along: phoenixspeciesproject.org

WA is reviewing its Cat Act and wants your feedback. The @wafcwg.bsky.social have prepared evidence-based content to use for answering their questions. For the sake of cats, people and wildlife, we need to get this right. Read up and submit your views before 31 Aug! wafcwg.org.au/media_post/w...

The Cat Act is being reviewed in Western Australia, public comment is open. Next week the WA Feral Cat Working Group will be publishing our guidance on the changes needed to improve responsible pet cat ownership in Western Australia. We encourage you to use our guidance to shape your submission!

"The overwhelming majority of people now understand the science and all the robust evidence that shows us cat containment done well is better for pet cats, better for wildlife and better for people" www.swtimes.com.au/news/regiona...

Cats carnage unchecked with legislation stuck in limbo

An estimated 18 million native animals and almost 4000 pet cats have been killed in the past five months, despite legislation capable of stopping the carnage sitting in limbo in Parliament.

swtimes.com.au

Let's put nature at the centre of decision‑making! Join Bush Heritage Australia in Perth WA for our Allies For Nature breakfast to hear leaders from across sectors reimagining a nature‑positive future. 📅 31 Jul 📍 State Reception Centre, Frasers King Park 🎟️ bit.ly/4f1Ty7p

With cross-party support and a recognition of urgency, the inexplicable stalling of the WA Cat Act Amendment Bill is concerning. Please prioritise this bill and get it through, for the sake of all creatures great and small.

WA Feral Cat Working Group@wafcwg.bsky.social · 3w ago

Why has the Cat Act Amendment Bill stalled in the WA parliament? It is certainly not because it is lacking bipartisan support and widespread recognition that the issue is an urgent priority. Let’s get this done. #bioinvasions

What does the fourth dimension of plant resource allocation mean for weed biocontrol? In a #newpaper, we propose a framework for quantifying how gall-inducing insects impact the G-R-D tradeoff & review the species that can contribute to effective biocontrol. 🌏🌐#BioInvasions Read the 📖: rdcu.be/fpbBL

"If people really knew the depth of the calamity facing us, they would demand more from their leaders at every level. ... It’s a host of accelerating, interconnected issues that together are creating a deeply unsustainable trajectory for our world." 🌐 paulhardistyauthor.substack.com/p/if-you-wan...

If you want to understand what’s really happening today, follow the money.

Greenwashing schools. Coal over coral. Frightened boards and captured leaders. The deep duplicity preventing the fundamental change we need.

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Recent claims that farm cats in Australia can control rodents on dairy farms are unconvincing. Our new paper critiques the basis of these claims. There is no case to be calling for tax incentives to support cats as working animals on Australian farms. 📖(OA): doi.org/10.3390/ani1... #bioinvasions 🌐

Come join the Urban Bushland Council WA for an important (and free!) evening focused on the future of responsible cat ownership and wildlife protection. 📅: Wednesday, 13 May 2026, from 6pm 📍: City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth RSVP: www.bushlandperth.org.au/event/amendi...

Quantifying harm posed by invasive species to animal welfare will reveal a moral problem for so-called "compassionate conservation", which demands protection for even invasive animals. Is it compassionate to allow invasive rats, mice, cats to injure & kill wildlife? #bioinvasion #invasivespecies

Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB)@igb-berlin.de · 3mo ago

🐜 How severely do animals suffer from invasive species? Researchers have developed a new framework called AWICIS that classifies animal welfare impacts across five levels. One key finding: especially invasive ant species cause substantial harm to native fauna. 👉 www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/meas...

David Attenborough has been an inspiration to my family for four generations. His ability to craft a message has brought the natural world to billions of people. Happy 100th birthday Sir David! Thank you for helping us to realise what an incredible planet we have and need to keep fighting for. ❤️

Four new chameleon species described from Mozambique's sky islands. These tropical rainforest 'islands' are isolated on granite outcrops scattered across savanna plains and are further threatened by slash-and-burn land clearing. 🌐🧪🌏 via @theconversation.com theconversation.com/mozambique-s...

Vale Peter Raven - renowned botanist and advocate for sustainability. "To understand the interconnectedness of life is, in his view, to recognize the consequences of disrupting it." via @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social for @mongabay.com 🌐🌏 news.mongabay.com/2026/04/pete...

Perth book launch, Thu 16 Apr: Paul Hardisty's The Hope provocatively blurs the lines between fact and fiction in an era of unprecedented global change. Is it timely inspiration for navigating current geopolitics or prophetic insight into the future we face? Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perth-book...

Rather than focus on managing our dependence on oil, we need to think about how to end it. 6 things Australia should do to tackle the energy crisis rather than just building bigger fuel reserves. via @theconversation.com theconversation.com/6-things-aus...

New tech is transforming how we measure biodiversity—turning data into decisions requires shared standards. 📊 A new PNAS Updates post highlights two Perspectives from the 2025 US–UK Scientific Forum: https://ow.ly/jsVw50YuVUn Forum: https://ow.ly/psUS50YuVUm

#Ecology #Biogeography 🌐🌎

Why Common Species Matter: Rethinking Conservation Through Food Webs

Conservation efforts have traditionally been focused on saving the rarest, most threatened species, and for good reason. But what if our singular focus on endangered species is causing us to overlo…

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Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable. Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours. Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment

When >50% of a UNESCO-listed national park is torched by bushfires, significant management challenges follow. Victoria Laurie in @ausgeo.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy on what's ahead for conservation in Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia. www.australiangeographic.com.au/opinion-and-...

The interplay between climatic niche and spatial distribution can inform the management of non-native invasive species. Our findings reveal that the invasion risk for species with small geographic ranges may be greater than assumed. Read more (OA): doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... #bioinvasions 🌐🌏🧪

Are you looking to make a difference to cat management in Western Australia? Do you know someone who is? The @wafcwg.bsky.social are recruiting an Executive Officer. Come and work with us! Please share, tag, or contact me directly to discuss the job opportunity. Applications due Sun 8 Mar 2026.

WA Feral Cat Working Group@wafcwg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Job opportunity: Executive Officer at @wafcwg.bsky.social Help improve cat management across Western Australia through information sharing, research facilitation and collaboration. Please share & tag! Further details: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52... Closing: 11:55pm AWST, Sun 8 Mar 2026

“the last heatwave between January 5 to 10 was made over 5 times more likely due to global heating” #ClimateEmergency #HeatWaves theconversation.com/where-did-so...

Where did southern Australia’s record-breaking heatwave come from?

Australia’s northwest is well known for its heat. But this furnace-like area can deliver heatwaves to the southeast, thousands of kilometres away.

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An avoidable cat-astrophe in Western Australia. Every month ~800 pet cats and ~4M birds, mammals & reptiles die because current policy prevents pet cats from being contained. This paper reveals broad support for change: 78% of local govts want containment laws. Let's get this done. #bioinvasions 🌐🌏

Pacific Conservation Biology@pacificconsbio.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Time to paws and reflect: Responsible cat care is the purr-fect move Gillian Bryant and @drbrucewebber.bsky.social from @wafcwg.bsky.social looked at past, current and planned efforts in Western Australia to improve responsible cat ownership #OpenAccess in #PacificConsBio buff.ly/p4chswW

A new paper in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social reveals that preventing pet cats from roaming remains a significant but important challenge. Our findings reveal that change is long overdue for Western Australians to rethink what it means to be a responsible pet cat owner. OA: doi.org/10.1071/PC25...

Feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction. Claims these introduced predators aren't responsible don't stack up. Protecting our unique species will be even harder if feral cats and foxes are given a free pass to keep killing. 🌐🌎 theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca...

Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction

Decades of evidence link foxes and feral cats with extinctions of Australian mammals. Claims these introduced predators aren’t responsible don’t stack up.

theconversation.com

Introduced foxes and cats have had a devastating impact on Australia's mammals. This threat to biodiversity has been widely recognised, documented and acted upon by scientists, policy makers and land managers. Here we refute recent assertions to the contrary. Read more (OA): doi.org/10.1093/bios...

"Too frequently, leaders are chosen not because they exhibit the right qualities for successful leadership but because they are willing to say and do whatever it takes to get to the top." - Paul Hardisty. What are your inspiring leadership lessons? paulhardistyauthor.substack.com/p/leadership...

Leadership Matters

Now more than ever, the world needs good leaders. So why are there so many bad ones? My ten rules of leadership.

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Extinction rarely departs with drama, it slips out the back door while we’re still debating the guest list. These records are made official on the Red List. "Conservation failures are often recognised only once they can no longer be reversed." via @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

"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 🌏