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Some of 2015’s Campaign Achievements Wheatbelt Woodlands Listing of the Eucalypt Woodlands of the West Australian Wheatbelt as a TEC under the EPBC Act (1 million hectares) Ironbark Forest Listing of Cooks River/Castlereagh Ironbark Forest of the Sydney Basin Region as a TEC under the EPBC Act Sydney Woodlands Listing of the Castlereagh Scribbly Gum and Agnes Banks Woodland of the Sydney Basin Bioregion as a TEC under EPBC Act Hunter Woodlands Listing of the Central Hunter Valley Eucalypt Forest and Woodland as a TEC under EPBC Act Seagrass Meadows Listing of the Manning-Hawkesbury Posidonia Seasgrass Meadows as a TEC under EPBC Act Hunter Valley EPBC Act up-listing of the HSI-nominated Hunter Valley Weeping Myall TEC to Critically Endangered Sydney Shale EPBC Act up-listing of the HSI-nominated Shale Sandstone Transition Forest of the Sydney Basin Bioregion TEC to Critically Endangered Coolac-Tumut Final listing of the Coolac-Tumut Serpentine Shrubby Woodland in the NSWSouth Western Slopes and South Eastern Highlands Bioregional as a TEC under TSC Act Hectares Ahead Expanding the Wildlife Land Trust program to 341 sanctuaries across Australia (added 50 during the year) Going International Addition of two Wildlife Land Trust sanctuaries in Peru and New Zealand Dollars Hard at Work Allocated approx. $300,000 to 51 wildlife sanctuary conservation projects (with colleague NGOs in the NSW Private Lands Conservation Grants Scheme) Humane Choice Continued expansion of Humane Choice accredited farm network Raising the welfare bar Further cemented national free-range egg and pork (Humane Choice) standards throughout Australia Caught telling porkies Following an HSI/Humane Choice complaint, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) investigated misleading claims by pork producers Primo, Otway Pork and KR Castlemaine. The ACCC found that these companies were guilty of deceptive labelling and must now rectify their behaviour with labelling enforced to represent production standard. Working with Regulators Worked with ACCC to see successful outcomes to their court actions against egg/pork producers (including public admissions of guilt from major producers) No Fans of Fur Ensured all chain and department stores maintain their fur bans UNFCCC/REDD After a decade of work with colleague NGOs and governments, HSI played a key role in achieving successful forest outcomes from the UNFCCC/REDD+ agreement in Paris Ape Aid Maintained on-ground great ape conservation work in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Democratic Republic of the Congo protecting organgutans and Eastern Lowland gorillas Australians to a Fault Funded Australian vets to aid animal rescue efforts during the Nepal earthquake, in conjunction with the HSI global disaster teams International Oceans Progress After a decade of work with colleague NGOs and governments, HSI* helped action United Nations decision to begin negotiations for a new implementing agreement on Global Oceans Governance (*advisor, Aust. delegation) Protecting Birds and Fish Participated in global tuna and albatross treaty meetings and workshops promoting mandatory line weighting measures for seabird by-catch mitigation Whale of a Fine Federal court action (with EDO) against Japanese company for breaching court injunction against whaling in Australia’s Antarctic sanctuary. First time a fine imposed in contempt proceedings under EPBC Act; largest fine in a contempt case under environmental law Anti Trophy Hunting Successfully opposed approval of a Northern Territory proposal for export program based on trophy hunting of saltwater crocodiles Cecil Lives On Following killing of Cecil the Lion, HSI produced You-Tube video that went viral in Australia, helping keep Commonwealth firm on its lion trophy import/export ban Farming Threat Funded an EPBC Act challenge by the Tasmanian Conservation Trust (with EDO) against farmer planning to destroy EPB-listed habitat/species (including HSI listed TEC) Sea Bird Protection Ongoing progress with albatross/seabird mitigation measures in Australia, particularly in trawling industry Protecting Sharks Keeping a lid on government responses to a number of shark attacks in NSW and elsewhere—avoiding a political shark culling program and highlighting environmental damage by shark nets and drum lines Opposing Fishy Plans Continued opposition to Fisheries Environmental Assessments under the EPBC Act being returned to Australian Fisheries Management Authority Fruit Without Firing Final implementation of a NSWGovernment flying fox no-shooting policy for fruit growers Flying Fox Protection Nomination of spectacled flying fox under the EPBC Act successfully accepted on the EPBC Act FPAL No Kangaroos in California Worked with HSI colleagues (Washington D.C. and California) to help prevent lifting of ban on kangaroo product imports into California Essential Predators Submitted an EPBC Key Threatening Process nomination for “the cascading effects of the loss or removal of the mammalian predator, the dingo (including wild dogs and dingo cross hybrids from Australian landscapes” (await Commonwealth decision on prioritisation) Stopping One-Stop-Shop As a member of Places you Love Alliance, stalled implementation of Commonwealth’s ‘one-stop-shop’ environmental policy Final Trade Chapter Worked with HSI Washington and colleague NGOs in Australia to see finalisation of enforceable environment chapter in Trans Pacific Partnership agreement Must Try Harder Published a report card on governments’ performance with implementing Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010—2030, and prepared new conservation goals No Shark Culling Submitted EPBC Act Key Threatening Process nomination for “shark control programs” (await Commonwealth decisiononprioritisation) Dam Threat Submitted EPBC Act Key Threatening Process nomination for “dam building” (await Commonwealth decision on prioritisation) Vital for Victoria #1 Commonwealth EPBC Act Threatened Ecological Community nomination for Ridged Plains Mallee (Victoria) listed on FPAL Vital for Victoria #2 Commonwealth EPBC Act Threatened Ecological Community nomination for the Woodland and Heathland Bird Community of the Murray Mallee Bioregion (with Birdlife) listed on FPAL Around the World Continued to support projects in Indonesia (Sulawesi and Bali), India, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Tanzania; including for lemurs in Madagascar and freshwater turtle/tortoise in 12+ countries Major Project Support Allocation of nearly $700,000 to HSI-supported projects and major donor-preferred projects around the world. EPBC Act Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act TEC FPAL TSC Act 14 Threatened Ecological Community Finalised Priority Assessment List Threatened Species Conservation Act