Land Clearing Updates

Stock Routes Campaign strikes a chord - November 05, 2008

Some Australian icons bring together people from all walks of life! With the fate of Australia’s unique Travelling Stock Routes (TSR) Network in the balance, an alliance of drovers, graziers and conservation groups, including The Wilderness Society, has been formed to champion its long-term protection.

NSW Government action needed on Red Gums - November 05, 2008

Thousands of people across NSW and the rest of Australia have written to the NSW government over the past month, demanding it take action to protect the River Red Gum Forests of the Murray region. Now, two new reports show that the logging is both uneconomic and in some areas, illegal.

A prosperous future for Cape York - October 13, 2008

A World Heritage nomination for Cape York Peninsula will help shape a healthy and prosperous future by integrating the needs of communities with the needs of nature, creating real jobs and a sustainable futures, while conserving the superlative natural and cultural values of the region.

Red Gum Kids Colouring Competition - Winners Announced - October 03, 2008

The winners of the Red Gum Kids Colouring competition have been announced. We'd like to thank all the schools who participated in this event, and particularly the thousands of kids who went to such a fantastic effort to draw attention to the plight of the River Red Gums. Find out who'll be receiving a fantastic prize pack.

Garnaut shows native forests part of climate solution - October 01, 2008

The final report from Professor Garnaut’s Climate Change Review says that Australia’s greenhouse emissions can be reduced significantly if logging of native forests and land clearing are stopped immediately.

Help protect the Tiwi Islands from land clearing - August 22, 2008

The Tiwi Islands are a tropical paradise whose forests and wildlife are being destroyed for woodchips. If Stage 2 is approved by the Northern Territory and Commonwealth Governments, approximately 1/8 of the Islands will be destroyed in Northern Australia’s single biggest land clearing operation.

NT Election wrap-up - August 14, 2008

The Northern Territory election, held on Saturday 9th of August, ended up a cliff hanger. The returned Labor Government has promised to maintain a moratorium on land clearing in the Daly River region and to order a full and public assessment of the environmental, social and economic implications of any further landclearing in the Tiwi Islands.

A plea to stop Tiwi Islands land clearing - July 30, 2008

In 2005, the Northern Territory Parks and Conservation Master Plan identified that all of the Tiwi’s contained conservation values of international significance for biodiversity. For this reason, the Tiwi’s are of immense conservation importance.

NT Election - put an end to destructive land clearing - July 30, 2008

During the course of the Northern Territory election campaign, The Wilderness Society is running an advertising campaign, calling on all the political parties to pledge to protect the Territory’s forests, woodlands and rivers from destructive land clearing.

Minister confronted on land clearing - June 11, 2008

NSW Minister for the Environment, Verity Firth, spoke today with NSW Campaign Manager, Timothy King, at a land clearing protest organised by the Sydney Campaign Centre.