Northern Australia
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
- Australia the movie launch draws attention to Kimberley threats - November 23, 2008
- A 'new deal' for Cape York Peninsula - November 10, 2008
- The future of The Kimberley is being decided right now - October 22, 2008
As the spectacular and pristine Kimberley region is showcased to the world via Baz Luhrmann's film 'Australia', environmentalists, tourism operators, local industry, and many of the area's local Indigenous and Non-Indigenous residents are concerned that the region is in danger of being lost to future generations.
The Wilderness Society has launched the Cape York Heritage Protection Plan as a blue print for coordinated, strategic and funded action for Cape York’s future.
WA’s unique Kimberley region is now the focus of major state, national and international conservation concern and action. The planned development of the Browse Basin gas field threatens to open the floodgates to other large-scale developments. These development plans could wreak havoc in one of the last large unspoiled marine and coastal environments on earth.
Northern Australia Media Releases
- WA Premier Barnett disregards process and environment in pre-empting LNG decision - October 15, 2008
- Garrett's strong stand on Tiwi logging - October 15, 2008
- Push for World Heritage protection for Cape York - October 08, 2008
Yesterday’s announcement of a preferred site for an LNG processing hub in the Kimberley shows a fundamental disregard for due process, Indigenous rights and the environment from new WA Premier Colin Barnett.
The Wilderness Society welcomes the decision by Federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, to impose tough new conditions on logging giant, Great Southern Plantations, for a range of serious breaches of environmental conditions related to it's controversial clearing of 26 000 hectares of forests and woodlands on the Tiwi islands, north of Darwin.
A leading Australian environment group, The Wilderness Society, will seek the support of the World Conservation Congress in Spain this week for a World Heritage nomination for Cape York. A resolution will be voted on later this week at the Congress in Barcelona urging the Federal and Queensland Governments to continue to work with Traditional Owners to develop a nomination and seek their final consent for a World Heritage listing.
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