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Updated: October 14, 2011
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WildCountry Vision
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.
WildCountry Updates
- Ngadju fire management for the Great Western Woodlands - November 21, 2011
- Proposed fence a barrier to biodiversity - November 21, 2011
- Locating and recording water trees - November 21, 2011
- Stakeholders shortchanged 3.8 million dollars in the Great Western Woodlands - November 27, 2011
Ngadju Traditional Owners in the Great Western Woodlands want to put in place a program which aims to develop and enrich the Indigenous fire practises of the region and provide land and fire management for the safety and benefit of the wider community.
A proposed barrier fence along the interface between the Great Western Woodlands and the southern edge of the West Australian Wheatbelt is threatening the Woodlands with further habitat fragmentation and destruction. The proposal involves 6000 ha of clearing and chaining, and the isolation of 300,000 ha of bush.
A collaborative project in the Great Western Woodlands will locate and map culturally significant “water trees” in the traditional lands of the Ngadju people, so they might be safeguarded from damage or destruction.
Some members of the Great Western Woodlands Stakeholder Reference Group convened to provide feedback on the proposed spending of $3.8 million of state funds have been left feeling frustrated.
