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Updated: January 30, 2012
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Cape York Peninsula
Cape York is one of the last great wild places on Earth. Like the Congo, the Serengeti and the Amazon, it deserves the highest protection possible. It is an extraordinary environment with seamless transitions between mangroves, tropical rainforests, savannahs, wetlands - and bountiful coasts and seas. Bounded by the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics World Heritage areas, it is half the size of Britain, and nearly as big as the entire state of Victoria.
Cape York Updates
- Environment central in Queensland election - February 06, 2012
- Miners carving up Cape York - January 30, 2012
- Take action - contact the party leaders - February 01, 2012
- Never too young to care about our wilderness - October 05, 2011
The 2012 election represents a major crossroads for environmental protection in Queensland. Will Queensland continue on a forward looking path or will we witness the undoing of such significant achievements?
With the region currently being considered for World Heritage and National Heritage listing, we have written to Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke requesting urgent intervention to ensure that high natural and cultural values are not destroyed while community consultation for these listings is underway.
Your voice is powerful. Let our political leaders know they must protect the best of Queensland’s environment.
“Recently I spent some time living overseas near a mine site,” explains Mia. “It was there that I saw first-hand the irreversible damage that mining had done to the stunning surroundings, and the hugely detrimental effect that it had on living organisms in the area. I don't want the same thing to happen to Cape York”.
Cape York Media Releases
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Environment issues key in the Queensland election - January 24, 2012
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Wilderness Society takes environment campaign right up to Campbell Newman - November 07, 2011
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Massive new bauxite mine to wipe out forests and threaten new crab species - September 14, 2011
