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Updated: October 18, 2011
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Climate Change
Save forests for safe climate
All over Australia, TWS supporters showed their support for a green solution to dangerous climate change with a series of 350.org actions. 25% of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by logging and degrading forests and bushland – so protecting forests makes climate sense, as well as safeguarding vital habitat for threatened wildlife.
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Climate Change Updates
- Great Western Woodlands chosen as a science supersite! - November 09, 2011
- Huge dirty coal mine planned for Cape York - August 16, 2011
- Gillard's carbon plan a step in the right direction for our forests - July 14, 2011
The Australian Supersite Network (ASN) has chosen the Great Western Woodlands to be part of an Australian Government initiative the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN).
While conservationists, Traditional Owners and parts of the Queensland Government have been working towards a World Heritage listing for stunning Cape York Peninsula, mining companies want to turn the region into a giant dirty coal mine.
The weekend’s carbon package announcement had some very good outcomes for nature and forests, which the Wilderness Society and our supporters have long campaigned for. Firstly there was there was the long-overdue recognition that burning native forests to generate electricity does not constitute renewable energy
Climate Change Media Releases
- Backwards March calls on Premier Baillieu to change direction on environment - November 14, 2011
- Bimblebox Nature Refuge protest comes to Queensland Parliament House - October 26, 2011
- Huge dirty coal mine planned for Cape York - August 16, 2011
- Carbon plan good for forests and nature - July 10, 2011
Over 1000 Victorians are expected to march backwards from Parliament House today to highlight the direction the Baillieu Government is taking Victoria on the environment and climate change.
“The case of Bimblebox demonstrates the need to urgently protect nature refuges from destructive mining. The Bligh Government can not claim to be increasing Queensland’s protected area estate through nature refuge agreements when it is clear to all that it’s still open-slather for the mining industry,”
While conservationists, Traditional Owners and parts of the Queensland Government have been working towards a World Heritage listing for stunning Cape York Peninsula, mining companies are attempting to turn the region into a giant dirty coal mine, threatening whole ecosystems and the Great Barrier Reef.
The Wilderness Society welcomed key elements of today’s carbon price plan, particularly those ruling out the burning of native forests to produce ‘renewable energy’ and the creation of a $1 billion fund to protect carbon held in nature.
