The greatest savanna wildernesss on Earth Northern Australia is one of the last great wild places on Earth, and the largest and most intact tropical savannah anywhere. Stretching 2,500 km, from the Kimberley region in Western Australia across to Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland, it forms a vast arc of forests, woodlands, wild rivers and monsoonal wetlands. But the decline of many bird populations, invasion of exotic animals, the threat of climate change and a wave of proposals to expand irrigated farming, land clearing, mining and dams has left one of the world's greatest wilderness areas on the verge of devastating change.
Australia's irreplaceable Cape York Peninsula is one of the last great wild places on Earth. The Wilderness Society is campaigning to protect the wild rivers and World Heritage values of this remarkable place.
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The Top End of the Northern Territory is home to some of Australia’s best known and loved places including the magnificent Kakadu National Park. In the Top End, The Wilderness Society is campaigning to protect the beautiful Daly River.
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The rugged wilderness coastline of the Kimberley is known throughout the world. The Wilderness Society is campaigning to protect the Kimberly from proposals to massively industrialise the Kimberley coastline.
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Northern Australia Updates
- Thank you to all the supporters of the Kimberley TV ad - now airing on east coast - March 11, 2010
- Kimberley at Crossroads – book available online now - March 03, 2010
- The myth of Northern Australia becoming the “food bowl of Asia” has been dealt a crushing blow - February 23, 2010
The Wilderness Society has joined with Kimberley residents, Indigenous Traditional Owners, local environment groups and professional filmmakers to produce a television advertising campaign highlighting opposition to the proposed LNG industry on the Kimberley coast. The Wilderness Society WA Kimberley Campaigner Josh Coates said: "I would like to personally thank the thousands of Australians who have supported our campaign and the TV ad in particular."
Former Federal Court judge Murray Wilcox QC has launched a book opposing a large industrial development on the Kimberley coast of Western Australia
In early February 2010, the Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce released a scientific report produced by the CSIRO that examined the future of development in Northern Australia. The report emphasized that massive irrigated development would face substantial natural constraints and severely impact on the region’s fragile ecosystems.
Northern Australia Media Releases
- WA’s ‘Great Barrier Reef’ under threat: Government set to break Premier’s promise to protect whales - March 19, 2010
- Community gets behind ‘Stop the Kimberley gas plant’ TV Ad campaign – now airing on Australia’s east coast - March 11, 2010
- State Government must end silence on mine spill clean up - March 02, 2010
Safety for one of the world’s most important humpback whale breeding areas on the Kimberley coast is at risk following signals from the government that it may break the Premier’s promise to protect them “forever”. WA conservation groups today warned that the internationally significant humpback whale nursery ground on the Kimberley coast between Broome and Camden Sound was vulnerable to irreversible damage.
The Wilderness Society has joined with Kimberley residents, Indigenous Traditional Owners, local environment groups and professional filmmakers to produce a television advertising campaign highlighting opposition to the proposed LNG industry on the Kimberley coast. The 30 second advertisement has been shown on WA television and a fundraising campaign has provided the backing required to launch the ad for a primetime run on SBS world news in Sydney and Melbourne, beginning 8th of March 2010.
There has been total silence from the Queensland State Government following very specific revelations from the Wilderness Society two weeks ago about the Lady Annie Mine pollution incident that wrecked ecosystems and threatened livelihoods in northwest Queensland one year ago.
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