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Updated: May 24, 2013
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Latest Updates
- World Turtle Day - Join in wherever you are! - May 21, 2013
- Concerned locals rally to save Queensland's Channel Country rivers - May 21, 2013
- The Channel Country rivers of Western Queensland are under threat - May 20, 2013
- VicForests' logging outlook - too little, too late - May 19, 2013
If you couldn't make it down to our World Turtle Day event, you can still show your support for adequate marine sanctuaries and marine protection for Australia, wherever you are!
Over 100 concerned locals turned up on two chilly Brisbane evenings last week to hear what the Queensland Government has planned for the unique rivers of Western Queensland’s Channel Country and why the people who live and work out there are so concerned.
The Queensland Government is planning to overturn current Wild River protections in the Channel Country and let mining, coal seam gas and irrigation destroy these important Western Queensland Rivers.
Our state animal emblem, the Leadbeater’s Fairy Possum, has been under enormous pressure since the Black Saturday Bushfires, and now, the Victorian state government has all but locked in its extinction by allowing logging to continue in its habitat.
Upcoming Events
- Think outside the city block
- Environment Award for Children's Literature 2013
To draw attention to unsustainable logging in Victoria, the Wilderness Society is hosting a special event on World Environment Day in Melbourne’s CBD. When: Wednesday 5 June 2013. Where: Melbourne CBD.
Join us on World Environment Day for the announcement of the Environment Award for Children's Literature, and to celebrate books that grow kids' love for nature. When:, Wednesday, 2013. Where: Readings. Carlton, Victoria.
