75-100 years and humans will be near enough to extinct anyway, I am guessing! We won't stop consuming and polluting till after its too late. For those who believe, see you on the other side!

Unlike past mass extinctions, caused by events like asteroid strikes, volcanic eruptions, and natural climate shifts, the current crisis is almost entirely caused by humans. In fact, 99% of currently threatened species are at risk from human activities. Because the rate of change in our biosphere is increasing, and because every species' extinction potentially leads to the extinction of others bound to that species, numbers of extinctions are likely to snowball in the coming decades. Open your eyes people, we are responsible. This is the time to think about and do something about climate change.

The Report concluded,

"However the major drivers of this decline have been predation by two introduced species, the cat and the red fox and changed fire regimes.  The key role of introduced predators and changed fire regimes contrasts markedly with the major threats to biodiversity in most other continents but is similar to the pattern of rapid decline of island biotas in response to introduced species. ... Australia's isolation has resulted in its remarkable biodiversity distinctiveness but also the extraordinary vulnerability of its biota to novel threats."

How does Bill Shorten exporting billions of Aussie taxpayers' dollars as carbon taxes and in exchange for (say) Indians to grow trees actually address any of that?

It makes better sense to continue with the already identified successful management strategies for feral pests and to use any available dollars extracted from taxpayers to build dams and pipe water to the drought areas for crops and to refresh the river systems damaged by drought.

Why don't we grow the trees?  There are many very suitable Australian natives and it offers paid emplioyment and a satisfying outcome for many who otherwise might not have a job in the country and remote areas where the tree plantings can be done.  More gum trees?  What a good idea, but not for Mr Shorten who intends to impress the UN by giving money away for nix.  

Pollution, for instance through plastics is an entirely different problem.  Again, Government should be putting money where it is already known to be achieving the best effect.  Taxing the hell out of the Australian public and exporting the money overseas as carbon taxes isn't one of them.

It is all because of the love of money that we are in this state -- I can not see a way out and hold no hope for the young ones of today

Stop manufacturing plastic altogether and go back to using glass, paper etc.   People have to stop living in a throw-away society.   Getting rid of plastic bags in supermarkets is just a big joke and has created even more plastic bags, (which are now purchased instead of being given away).  More money for the supermarkets etc., and bad luck for the environment. My shopping bags are calico, which can be washed and do not polute the environment.   WAKE UP EVERYONE!  Unless the manufacture of plastic is stopped then the problem will never be solved.

A big scare campaign like the biggest hoax of the last century - gobal warming!!

Just as a matter of interest is there a definitive list of these 1 million species that have become extinct?

The IPBES Global Assessment Summary for Policymakers can be read at

https://www.ipbes.net/news/ipbes-global-assessment-summary-policymakers-pdf

The IPBES, Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is an independent intergovernmental body established to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development. It was established in Panama City, on 21 April 2012 by 94 governments. IPBES is placed under the auspices of four United Nations entities: UNEP, UNESCO, FAO .

As for a definitive list, ask them.

Green tree frog 'disappearing' from Sydney

If you haven't heard the distinctive croak of the Australian green tree frog for a while, there's a good reason.

New data shows a decline in the ubiquitous amphibian around Sydney.

The once-common frog was widely distributed throughout the NSW capital in the late 1800s and early 1900s, particularly in the city's centre.

In the year to November 2018, only 52 of the 7000 frog calls recorded by citizens in the greater Sydney area were from the green tree frog.

None came from the inner city suburbs, where the species has been often found in the past.

"Due to FrogID and the thousands of people recording the calls of frogs across Sydney, we have enough data for the first compelling evidence of the disappearance of the green tree frog from most of Sydney," the Australian Museum's Dr Jodi Rowley said

Yes there are many lists of the species that are and HAVE already disappeared-- and the likes of the councils, farmers and also private gardeners that insist on using the likes of -- Roundup -- ( Glyphosate) that wipe out so much and go on wiping it out because of the other critters that eat what was sprayed and also die and so it goes on & on.

The spraying of our food grown by farmers also has a very negative effect -- on us,  companion planting and the like ie encouraging the critters that eat the other critters is the way it should and was done in that past and still is in a lot of organic places AND is the way to go -- 

If one species dies it goes on up the food chain -- and it is us that are on the top of the food chain.

On August 9, 2007, the bald eagle was removed from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. After nearly disappearing from most of the United States decades ago, the bald eagle is now flourishing across the nation and no longer in danger.

That took a lot of hard work and the same can happen to other animals if people stop being so selfish and become more aware of the other beings that share the planet. Join Birds Australia or similar groups and have a hand in doing something useful.