Indigenous Conservation Media Releases
- Wilderness Society takes environment campaign right up to Campbell Newman - November 07, 2011
- Australia's iconic Lake Eyre Wild Rivers to be protected - August 24, 2011
- Huge dirty coal mine planned for Cape York - August 16, 2011
- Iron Range hand-back continues Australia’s largest land return and conservation program - July 29, 2011
- What is Campbell Newman's agenda for Cape York? - June 29, 2011
- Abbott's anti-Wild Rivers Bill dead in the water - May 12, 2011
- Xenophon urged to reject Coalition’s tricky anti-Wild Rivers tactics - February 28, 2011
- Release of Wild Rivers plan for Cooper Creek brings channel country river protection one step closer - December 13, 2010
- Wilderness Society welcomes historic decision to revoke a section of National Park in Cape York - November 25, 2010
- Release of first ever Great Western Woodlands Conservation Strategy welcomed - November 03, 2010
The Wilderness Society (TWS) will today launch its campaign to secure strong environmental platforms from the ALP and LNP ahead of the Queensland election, with a particular focus on turning around Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman’s anti-environment agenda.
Generations of Australians to come will be able to witness the spectacular event we have just seen – the glorious transformation of the iconic Lake Eyre into a wildlife wonderland – when the Queensland Government finalises the protection of two main rivers systems that feed the lake from the devastating effects of mining and water extraction.
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.
Today’s signing of Indigenous Land Use Agreements and Indigenous Management Agreements, resulting in the transfer of the Iron Range National Park to the ownership of the Kuuku Ya'u peoples, continues the progress towards land justice and Indigenous conservation on Cape York. Several Island National Parks adjacent to the area will also be converted under this arrangement.
The future of Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland is in question again with LNP leader Campbell Newman conducting a short trip there, but revealing nothing about his agenda for the region.
The Wilderness Society has congratulated Family First Senator Steve Fielding for putting vital environmental protection ahead of mining interests, with his surprise announcement today that he will vote against Tony Abbott's anti-Wild Rivers Bill in the Senate.
Senator Nick Xenophon faces a critical test over his voting intentions on a Coalition’s Bill to undermine protection of Queensland’s Wild Rivers, the Wilderness Society highlighted today.
The Wilderness Society today welcomed the Queensland Government’s release of the draft Wild River declaration for the Cooper Creek Basin in Queensland’s Lake Eyre Basin region.
The Wilderness Society has welcomed the revocation of a section of Mungkan Kandju National Park in Cape York Peninsula in anticipation of the land being returned to its Traditional Owners.
The Great Western Woodlands Collaboration (GWWC) welcomes the release of the Barnett government’s Great Western Woodlands Biodiversity and Cultural Conservation Strategy.
