Great Western Woodland Media Releases

Release of first ever Great Western Woodlands Conservation Strategy welcomed - November 03, 2010: The Great Western Woodlands Collaboration (GWWC) welcomes the release of the Barnett government’s Great Western Woodlands Biodiversity and Cultural Conservation Strategy.
Memorandum of Understanding supports Indigenous and conservation goals for the Great Western Woodlands - March 09, 2010: The Wilderness Society and the Goldfields Land and Sea Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together for the protection of WA’s extraordinary Great Western Woodlands (GWW).
Leading scientists issue the Woodlands Declaration to WA Premier calling for urgent protection of Great Western Woodlands - July 28, 2010: 50 leading scientists have sent the Premier and Minister for the Environment a declaration highlighting the urgency & importance of protecting the Great Western Woodlands - the largest remaining habitat of its type on Earth.
Massive 'Green Carbon' Store in WA's Goldfields - October 28, 2009: 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.