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Updated: May 15, 2012
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The Kimberley
The Kimberley region of northern WA is one of the world’s great natural and Indigenous cultural regions. Its vast savannah landscapes, wild rivers, extensive wetlands, spectacular coast and rich marine environments provide a multitude of habitats that are home to an extraordinary diversity of species. Incredibly, the far north-west Kimberley sub-region is the only part of Western Australia, and one of very few in Australia, that appears to have retained its complete native fauna species diversity without extinction since European settlement.
Kimberley Updates
- Outrage as 250 police converge on Broome - May 13, 2012
- Camden Sound Marine Park success - May 07, 2012
- 'No Deal' at Woodside AGM - May 03, 2012
- Gas hub decision delayed until 2013 - April 16, 2012
Approximately 250 police have converged on Broome in a desperate attempt to crush peaceful community opposition to the proposed industrial complex at James Price Point. Join us this Wednesday 16 May for a National Day of Action in solidarity with the people of Broome.
Earlier this year, the Wilderness Society helped deliver more than 14,000 of your letters and submissions to the WA Government calling for better marine protection. As a result, we can celebrate the establishment of Camden Sound Marine Park – home of the biggest marine sanctuary in West Australian waters.
Woodside shareholders attending the company's annual AGM received a sparkling welcome as we set up a ‘Deal or No Deal’ style action publicising the perils of investing in the proposed James Price Point gas hub.
In the latest of a string of delays to plague the controversial gas hub development at James Price Point, a final investment decision by Woodside and its partners – due mid this year – has been pushed out by another 12 months.
Kimberley Events
- World Environment Day 2012: Think Outside the City Block - May 11, 2012
- World Turtle Day 2012 - May 08, 2012
- Non-violent Direct Action: Kimberley Protector Workshops - April 23, 2012
When: 10am, Tuesday 5 June 2012, Melbourne CBD
Where: Corner of Bourke and Elizabeth Streets (bottom of Bourke St Mall)
Hundreds of people will join hands around one of Melbourne CBD’s 1 hectare city blocks on World Environment Day as a measure of the threat to our forests, oceans and wild places from logging and mining.
It's easy and fun to help protect sea turtles. Simply build a sand turtle on your local beach (or in a sand pit) before Wednesday 23 May 2012 and send us a photo of your finished creation. The more turtles, the louder our voices will be in support of their protection! Where: Various locations When: 19-20 May, 2012.
Come along to one of our free workshops in Perth, Fremantle or Murdoch and learn how to apply the principles of Non-violent Direct Action on the ground at James Price Point (Walmadan).
