AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoMarine Protection Standards: Australia’s first National Environmental Standards for oceans and coasts have been criticised as too weak and lacking clear ways to measure whether they’re protecting marine life, as H5 bird flu and climate change pile on pressure. Biodiversity Shock in SA: South Australia reports giant cuttlefish numbers in Spencer Gulf are down 97% (from 63,000 last year to 1,811), with divers finding far fewer eggs, likely linked to a harmful algal bloom. El Niño Watch: The UK Met Office warns an “unprecedented” El Niño could bring wet, stormy weather to Britain this autumn and winter, while also raising drought risks in parts of the southern hemisphere including north-east Australia. Climate-linked Food Security: A UN warning says the 2026-27 El Niño could push tens of millions more people into acute food insecurity, citing past El Niño impacts on floods, droughts and failed harvests. Local Disaster Response: NSW police recovered the body of missing teen hiker Lily Hooper from bushland after an earlier incorrect report she was alive.
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