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Updated: March 08, 2010
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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
- The Wilderness Society meets with new head of Shell Australia - August 13, 2010
- A message from the Kimberley team this election - August 12, 2010
- Top End Sea Life TV ad launched on World Ocean Day - June 08, 2010
Peter Robertson and Renae Williams from The Wilderness Society, and Piers Verstegen, Director, Conservation Council of WA spent an hour with her and senior staff at the Shell office in Perth.Ms Pickard is new to Australia, coming from Shell’s notorious operations in Nigeria. Read more here.
Having trouble keeping up with all the promises and what they really mean? We'd like to help break it down and provide you with the latest information about what political parties have promised for the Kimberley, and how you can help make them deliver more!
The Top End Sea Life TV ad launched on World Ocean Day, 8 June 2010, is designed to inspire us and our environment ministers to declare large marine sanctuaries across northern Australia. After all, Our Top End Sea Life is Worth Protecting.
Northern Australia Media Releases
- Calls for immediate halt to Woodside’s drilling off James Price Point - August 18, 2010
- Hello… green policies? Gillard, Abbott Missing-In-Action on nature conservation - August 03, 2010
- Senate Report rejecting anti-Wild Rivers Bill welcomed - June 23, 2010
The Wilderness Society has today made an urgent 'Section 38' referral to the EPA over Woodside’s plans to conduct exploratory drilling off James Price Point, north of Broome. The drilling is part of Woodside’s plan to develop a huge polluting LNG industrial site on the Kimberley coast.
The Wilderness Society has criticized both Labor and the Coalition for failing to present clear, positive policies to protect our native forests, our unique natural ecosystems and marine environments, and iconic places like the Kimberley and Cape York.
The Wilderness Society has welcomed the main findings and recommendation of the final report from the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, which has been examining a Bill to overturn Queensland’s groundbreaking Wild Rivers declarations.
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