The State of the Environment 2021 report paints a grim picture of Australia’s biodiversity, including an increase in the number of listed threatened species. Experts have continuously pointed to legislation as a major hurdle to improving conservation. So, with the Australian government recently pledging to reform environmental legislation- could we close the legal loopholes and save our threatened species? In this special edition of Think: Sustainability a panel of experts tells us about the law reforms needed to conserve and protect threatened species.

Featuring:

Dr Ian Cresswell, Co-chair of the 2021 State of the Environment Report

Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy and Law Reform, Environmental Defenders Office

Dr Leigh Martin, Ecologist and Environmental Sciences Program Director at the University of Technology Sydney.

Producer/Presenter: Marlene Even

Music: Epidemic Sound