Marine and Coastal Media Releases
- Environment groups launch advertising campaign to keep parties honest - November 24, 2011
- Missed opportunity on marine protection - November 14, 2011
- Vatskalis all at sea on new marine parks - October 19, 2011
- Australia's north and northwest teeming with rare and threatened marine life – new reports - October 18, 2011
- New Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park Plan welcomed - September 30, 2011
- 12 months to polling day, environment groups put parties on notice - September 05, 2011
- Kimberley National Heritage listing fails to protect spectacular reefs - August 31, 2011
- Rare Marine Life Abandoned By Federal Government Marine Park Plan - August 23, 2011
- Government gives green light to coral reef destruction in the Kimberley - August 17, 2011
- Wilderness Society hosts Newcastle whale watching cruise - August 04, 2011
The Wilderness Society, the Environment Centre NT and the Australian Marine Conservation Society have launched an advertising campaign today to increase the pressure on our political leaders to protect the Territory’s unique natural environment.
The Federal government’s release of draft marine reserves in the Commonwealth waters far off the NSW coast is seen as a missed opportunity to establish much needed protection for marine life by leading environment groups.
Fisheries Minister Kon Vatskialis has irresponsibly preempted the Commonwealth’s marine bioregional process by his unconstructive comments yesterday, following the launch of a report by conservation groups highlighting marine icons in Australia’s north.
Two new reports released today, Wild Blue Yonder: Fifteen underwater places for protection in Australia's north west and Twelve Tropical Sea Treasures: Underwater icons of Northern Australia reveal critical sites for rare and threatened sealife off Australia's north and northwest coast.
WA Conservation groups today welcomed the release of the draft plan for the new Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park but warned that large scale industrialisation of the region still threatened marine life of the Pilbara and Kimberley.
With just twelve months until the NT election, the Environment Centre NT and the Wilderness Society and the Australian Marine Conservation Society are putting pressure on our political parties and independents to lift their environmental credentials.
Fishing and Conservation groups are alarmed over Federal government plans to allow trawling of an area one eighth the size of Tasmania in the pristine Kimberley at the end of the month.
Some of the most vulnerable marine life in Australia, including dugongs and the newly recognised Australian snubfin dolphin, are at risk of being killed by fishing nets, oil and gas drilling and mining operations, following the Federal Government’s failure to propose large sanctuaries for marine life across Australia’s north.
Fishing and Conservation groups have united to express alarm over Federal government plans to allow trawling of an area the size of greater Perth in the pristine Kimberley next month.
“This is a great opportunity for the community to see some of nature’s most majestic creatures in our own backyard,” said Warrick Jordan, Campaign Manager at The Wilderness Society Newcastle.
