Northern Australia Updates

The Wilderness Society meets with new head of Shell Australia - August 13, 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.

A message from the Kimberley team this election - August 12, 2010

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!

Top End Sea Life TV ad launched on World Ocean Day - June 08, 2010

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.

Chevron puts it’s head in the sand over Australian environmental concerns? - June 01, 2010

Big oil fails to listen to community concerns yet again. Wilderness Society representative Josh Coates along with representatives from Nigeria, Burma, USA, and other countries was on the 26 May 2010 denied legal access with proxies to the Chevron AGM in Houston Texas.

A new National Park for Cape York - May 27, 2010

A new National Park has been created on Cape York, which offers hope to the endangered Golden Shouldered Parrot as well as protection for other species and landscapes.

World Turtle Day 2010 marked in Australia's sands - May 23, 2010

On Sunday May 23 2010, the Wilderness Society, the Australian Marine Conservation Society & Environs Kimberley jointly organised a national day of action for World Turtle Day.

The event attracted over 200 people to hit their local beaches all around Australia and build giant sandcastle turtles to raise awareness of the plight of the flatback turtle.

 

The Broome Dinosaur Highway: Will it be a pathway of destruction or preservation for the Kimberley? - May 20, 2010

Did you know? The Dampier Peninsula coast has provided practically the entire fossil record of dinosaurs in the western half of the Australian continent... Read on to find out more!

Oil and gas threats to Australia's environment exposed in international report - May 19, 2010

Chevron Alternative Annual Report Slams  James Price Point LNG Project - West Australians Head to U. S. for Chevron Shareholder Meeting. The deadly impacts to humpback whales, flatback turtles and wildlife from oil and gas operations in Western Australia are exposed in a report and ads targeting Chevron that were released Wednesday 19 May in the U.S. The Chevron Alternative Annual Report details Chevron’s harm to people and the environment, including Barrow Island and the Kimberley, from global oil and gas operations.

Please help take the Kimberley gas (LNG) issue to an international audience - May 10, 2010

Please help take the Kimberley gas (LNG) issue to an international audience. A collaboration of worldwide groups who are fighting irresponsible Chevron practices all over the planet have invited The Wilderness Society to send a representative to the Chevron Annual General Meeting in Houston, Texas on the 26^th of May.

Don't Fail The Whales! - April 20, 2010

Today a new website was launched in collaboration with The Wilderenss Society, The Conservation Council & Environs Kimberley, to send a message to WA Premier Colin Barnett to stick to his promise of protecting this special part of the world & the Kimberley whale population forever.