WA Forests
WA Forests Info
- Release of groundbreaking report on GWW - May 19, 2008
- What is an RFA? - September 16, 2003 Regional Forest Agreements are 20 year plans that try to balance the needs of forestry-industries and conservation groups. A Commonwealth initiative, they operate on State and regional levels to manage Australia's native forests.
- The Western Australia Forest Campaign - June 28, 2007
The incredible biodiversity found in the woodlands, as well as their international significance, has been summarised in a report that was publicly launched on June 5, 2008 at Kings Park in Perth.
The current government in Western Australian was elected on a strong campaign of protection for the forests. The current plan does not fulfill a single one of the promises made. The Wilderness Society campaign focuses on protecting the large areas of forest that remain unprotected.
WA Forests Updates
- The Great Western Woodlands - The largest intact temperate woodland and shrubland remaining on Earth. - November 14, 2008
- Peter Cundall addresses ‘Keep WA GM free’ Rally in Perth - November 12, 2008
- The Mitchell Plateau Region (north Kimberley) – Under threat - July 23, 2008
Located east of the Rabbit-Proof Fence in southwest Australia, and spaning 16 million ha, the Great Western Woodlands is largest and most intact landscape of its kind remaining on Earth. The region is extraordinarily biodiverse, containing more than 30% of Australia’s Eucalypt species and 20% of Australia’s total plant species.
On October 30, 2008 - hundreds of people turned out in a Perth rally to Parliament House – to send the message to the new Liberal Government that farmers, consumers and environmentalists do not want genetically modified crops being grown in WA.
The Mitchell/Lawley Rivers Region (Ngauwudu) is a distinct landscape in the north-west Kimberley: a landscape of beauty and diversity that is absolutely unique. Both the environmental and cultural values are of World Heritage significance - and both are currently under threat.
WA Forests Events
- Take a trip with us to the Great Western Woodlands - September 10, 2007 The WA campaign team is now organising a volunteer trip to the Great Western Woodlands in the peak of its wildflower season. - on the Queen's Birthday Long Weekend.
Western Australia Media Releases
- Three good reasons to defer Kimberley gas hub decision - November 11, 2008
- WA Premier Barnett disregards process and environment in pre-empting LNG decision - October 15, 2008
- Crisis in WA rock lobster fishery highlights need for marine sanctuaries - September 26, 2008
Environmentalists say there are now at least three good reasons why the Barnett government should defer any decision about the location of a gas hub for the Browse Basin project.
Yesterday’s announcement of a preferred site for an LNG processing hub in the Kimberley shows a fundamental disregard for due process, Indigenous rights and the environment from new WA Premier Colin Barnett.
The Western Rock Lobster fishery crisis highlights the urgent need for a science-based network of marine sanctuaries in WA, according to WA’s leading marine advocacy organisations.
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