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Phil McCormack

@drphilmccormack.bsky.social

Research Fellow + ARC DECRA on future fires, The University of Adelaide. I research laws about #biodiversity 🦎 #wildfire πŸ”₯ #climate #adaptation. My passion is to see law helping people & all nature to flourish as the world changes rapidly

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Hi Gabby, that's pretty mean! I don't think I'm the one you were thinking of, though?

13.10.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Labor is close to a deal on environmental law reforms. There are troubling signs these will fall short Labor is close to a deal on its environmental law reforms. Will they strong enough to protect nature?

Happy Monday, everyone!

Here's our reminder that without far stronger environmental laws the wildlife and places we all know and dearly love will continue to be destroyed and disappear, forever.

theconversation.com/labor-is-clo... By @drphilmccormack.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social and me.

12.10.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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The #TransformativeChange Assessment is the 1st @ipbes.bsky.social report on the root causes of the biodiversity crisis:
➑️ Disconnection / domination of nature & people
➑️ Concentration of power & wealth
➑️ Prioritization of short-term gains

Recommended holiday reading! www.ipbes.net/transformati...

21.12.2024 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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@drphilmccormack.bsky.social #ESAus2024 Environmental law on climate change and fire

11.12.2024 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prof Brendan Wintle: Nature Repair Market has been a distraction from Nature Law Reform & funding for nature conservation. Until disclosure is mandatory, NRM will not have a pos impact. β€˜Biodiversity offsets do not work 4 biodiversity. It’s time we see that 25yr experiment as a failure,’ #ESAus2024

11.12.2024 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Got to say, I did not expect to ever make it to a fashion post, but what a treat to be on this one! Hooray for snakes! 🐍

11.12.2024 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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North East NSW Forestry Hub | Report Β» Identifying and overcoming legal barriers to cultural burning literature and legal review of cultural burning included on ground workshop with Indigenous fire practitioners

This week, I was in Sydney to launch a new report about the legal barriers to cultural burning in New South Wales (by a cracking team: Oli Costello, Michelle Mckemey and me!). It's a really important resource and, I hope, will underpin long-overdue reforms to empower First Nations-led burning πŸ”₯

23.11.2024 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Argh, it's SO beautiful!!! I've always loved that one. I'm so excited to find you here! I hope YOU are going well, dear lady!

20.11.2024 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Cycle of Influence, Laws and Nature - Eco Futurists Planning for the future and breaking new ground across industries must involve improving our natural environment along the way. Our lives and livelihoods depend on it. In this podcast, we hear from pe...

🎧 Listen in πŸ’š I explain on this podcast 'why lawyers care' about the environment and climate change. My dear colleague and I derailed the conversation a bit (classic lawyers πŸ˜‚) as we shared our deep, radical hope for our world 🌏 even as climate change changes everything 🌱 pca.st/episode/980f...

19.11.2024 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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