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Updated: August 19, 2010
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It is in Australia's desert areas that surprisingly, mammal extinctions have been greatest. Australia's Outback is often taken for granted - for many people, it's out of sight, out of mind. However, much of Australia’s remaining wilderness – lands least impacted by modern, technological society – is to be found in the Outback. The Wilderness Society is campaigning to protect wild areas in Outback Australia from environmentally -unsustainable practices associated with broad scale land clearing, mining, pastoralism and intensive irrigated agriculture.
- Introducing the Great Western Woodlands
- WildArc - Southern Australia's WildCountry Program
- "Not all that Glistens is Gold" - Eucalypts of the Great Western Woodlands
In the heart of South Eastern Western Australia, is the largest intact temperate woodland remaining on Earth - the Great Western Woodlands. A global treasure in our backyard. Learn more about the Great Western Woodlands and the opportunity we have to retain this environment with most of its species still present.
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WildArc is the Wilderness Society’s WildCountry Project in Southern Australia.
It is an ambitious project, and aims to protect vast areas of land and seascapes.
WildArc has the potential to become one of the largest conservation estates in the world.
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The Great Western Woodlands is the heart of eucalypt diversity in Australia, with 30% of all species found in the region.
more »Outback Australia Updates
- Australia's Outback Found to be a Vast Climate 'Pollution Bank' - September 01, 2010
- The Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is under threat from uranium exploration - August 26, 2010
- Biodiversity is life - Our life - July 23, 2010
Australia’s vast Outback has been found to play a vital role in absorbing and storing damaging climate pollution and, if better managed, the area could become a key factor in reducing the nation’s greenhouse emissions, according to a new national study.
The Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is under threat from uranium exploration. Mining company, Marathon Resources, for five year has held mineral exploration lease over 9000 hectares in the heart of the Sanctuary that is set to expire on 10th October this year.
"Some places are too precious to mine ... Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is one of them!"
The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and the value of biodiversity for our lives. The Great Western Woodlands is an extraordinary example of biodiversity, a cornucopia of life.
Outback Australia Events
- Wildflowers by the thousands - a public presentation - Start: 16/09/10
- Public Presentations on The Great Western Woodlands
The annual Kings Park Festival is on again this September with a heap of spectacular events and activities. Come along to a presentation about the visionary project of GondwanaLink, which is restoring farmland, protecting remaining species and reconnecting habitats across the south west.
The Great Western Woodlands team is hitting the road for a number of public presentations on this amazing region and the conservation initiative.
Outback Australia Media Releases
- Memorandum of Understanding supports Indigenous and conservation goals for the Great Western Woodlands - March 09, 2010
- Leading scientists issue the Woodlands Declaration to WA Premier calling for urgent protection of Great Western Woodlands - July 28, 2010
- Historic Announcement - Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area - January 22, 2010
The Wilderness Society (TWS) and the Goldfields Land and Sea Council (GLSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together for the protection of WA’s extraordinary Great Western Woodlands (GWW). The partners will develop a co-operative approach along with other land users to safeguard the ecology and cultural values of the region, and to ensure land justice and economic opportunities for the region’s Traditional Owners.
50 leading scientists have sent the Premier, and Minister for the Environment a declaration, which highlights the urgency & importance of protecting the Great Western Woodlands - the largest remaining habitat of its type on Earth.
The Wilderness Society welcomes today’s announcement by the South Australian Government to protect a vast area of the internationally iconic Nullarbor Plain.
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