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Updated: August 19, 2010
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WildCountry is the Wilderness Society's vision for the long-term health of the Australian continent. The WildCountry Vision is based on sound scientific findings that identify what nature needs to survive and prosper. It drives our campaigns and is applicable throughout landscape protection and restoration projects. WildCountry clearly shows the unique natural processes that drive our landscapes operate over great distances and long periods. This means we need to think big in planning future nature conservation in Australia.
| What is WildCountry? |
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The Wilderness Society is championing a new and positive vision for nature in Australia. Our vision is WildCountry. |
| WildCountry Science |
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A landscape-wide approach to conservation, recognising the importance of ecological connectivity at continental and regional scales. |
| WildCountry in Action |
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Find out how the Wilderness Society and its partners apply WildCountry principles. |
WildCountry Updates
- Australia's Outback Found to be a Vast Climate 'Pollution Bank' - September 01, 2010
- A WildCountry perspective on Tasmania's natural environment - August 25, 2010
- Australian Federal Election - Your environment, your future, your vote - 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.
A recent study published in the journal Pacific Conservation Biology takes a new look at the condition and conservation of Tasmania's unique biodiversity.
The Federal election is on Saturday, August 21. Get active, tell the major parties the environment is your priority, and let’s get the environment and action on climate change on the federal agenda.
WildCountry Media Releases
- 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
- Memorandum of Understanding supports Indigenous and conservation goals for the Great Western Woodlands - March 09, 2010
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.
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.
