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Updated: September 01, 2010
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The largest remaining temperate woodland on Earth. The Great Western Woodlands are little known locally, but are internationally recognised as one of the most biologically significant and intact regions left on Earth. At twice the size of Tasmania, it is considered by many as 'Australia's Serengeti' because of the diversity of life that occur within its boundaries.
- Our vision and the people involved
- Introducing the Great Western Woodlands
- Vertebrates of the Great Western Woodlands
The Great Western Woodlands Collaboration is an alliance of four conservation organisations. We are working together for recognition, protection and integrated management through the involvement of local communities and stakeholders.
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In the heart of South Eastern Western Australia, is the largest intact temperate woodland remaining on Earth - the Great Western Woodlands. A global treasure in our backyard. Learn more about the Great Western Woodlands and the opportunity we have to retain this environment with most of its species still present.
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The Great Western Woodlands is a vast landscape home to an array of animals, some found no where else on Earth. Large intact landscapes such as this are an ark for our wildlife in a world of uncertainty.
more »Great Western Woodland updates
- Australia's Outback Found to be a Vast Climate 'Pollution Bank' - September 01, 2010
- Biodiversity is life - Our life - July 23, 2010
- Australian Federal Election - Your environment, your future, your vote - July 23, 2010
Australia’s vast Outback has been found to play a vital role in absorbing and storing damaging climate pollution and, if better managed, the area could become a key factor in reducing the nation’s greenhouse emissions, according to a new national study.
The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and the value of biodiversity for our lives. The Great Western Woodlands is an extraordinary example of biodiversity, a cornucopia of life.
The Federal election is on Saturday, August 21. Get active, tell the major parties the environment is your priority, and let’s get the environment and action on climate change on the federal agenda.
Great Western Woodlands events
- Join our volunteer group!
- Public Presentations on The Great Western Woodlands
- Wildflowers by the thousands - a public presentation - Start: 16/09/10
Our volunteer group holds meetings on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month; with guest speakers, training workshops, creative activity nights, and films - it's a great way to meet other activists, share skills and help protect our State's most amazing wild places! City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth.
The Great Western Woodlands team is hitting the road for a number of public presentations on this amazing region and the conservation initiative.
The annual Kings Park Festival is on again this September with a heap of spectacular events and activities. Come along to a presentation about the visionary project of GondwanaLink, which is restoring farmland, protecting remaining species and reconnecting habitats across the south west.
Great Western Woodland media releases
- Memorandum of Understanding supports Indigenous and conservation goals for the Great Western Woodlands - March 09, 2010
- Leading scientists issue the Woodlands Declaration to WA Premier calling for urgent protection of Great Western Woodlands - July 28, 2010
- Massive 'Green Carbon' Store in WA's Goldfields - October 28, 2009
The Wilderness Society (TWS) and the Goldfields Land and Sea Council (GLSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together for the protection of WA’s extraordinary Great Western Woodlands (GWW). The partners will develop a co-operative approach along with other land users to safeguard the ecology and cultural values of the region, and to ensure land justice and economic opportunities for the region’s Traditional Owners.
50 leading scientists have sent the Premier, and Minister for the Environment a declaration, which highlights the urgency & importance of protecting the Great Western Woodlands - the largest remaining habitat of its type on Earth.
Western Australian and national and global conservation groups have released new Australian National University Enterprises (ANU-E) research that finds that trees and soils in WA’s Great Western Woodlands store an estimated 950 million tonnes of carbon—equivalent to fifty times the state’s annual greenhouse gas emissions.
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