Protecting the future. We want our children to inherit a safe environment and a diverse, healthy and living world. We believe life on Earth should have a secure future. The WildCountry vision is a "forever plan" for Australia's environment. It combines cutting-edge science from leading academics, with 30 years of campaign experience from The Wilderness Society. The result is a move beyond saving nature one species and one wild place at a time, towards the most audacious, big-picture, long-term solution we could envisage.
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New research underlies the WildCountry vision, including on long-term and large-scale ecological processes. Find out more about the science and the scientists.
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Translating WildCountry scientific principles into on ground work is accomplished through facilitating large scale conservation initiatives, including indigenous conservation activities, in various regions across Australia.
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- The Cape York Peninsula conservation debate - June 24, 2009
- Cape York Peninsula - a step closer to World Heritage - May 25, 2009
- Conservation Action Planning: Managing the Future of the Great Western Woodlands - May 22, 2009
Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland is one of the largest intact and most diverse landscapes left on Earth. It is a land rich in nature and culture, where Indigenous peoples’ connections to their Country are active and strong. A worldwide study by Conservation International to identity the Earth’s last remaining wilderness areas lists Cape York Peninsula as one of “wildest tropical environments left on the planet.”
The decision by the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments to consider Cape York for World Heritage protection is both welcome and long overdue. What this means is that the two Governments are committed to jointly assess the region for World Heritage values, identify areas suitable for long term protection and ensure local community support before making a formal nomination to UNESCO.
The Wilderness Society is using CAP for the Great Western Woodlands. This exciting initiative aims to pull together all the available knowledge to create a holistic plan for the region. This ‘scientific’ knowledge comes from not only scientists, but also Traditional Owners, Pastoralists, Scientists, and land managers including mining companies.
WildCountry Media Releases
- Conservation and Indigenous partnerships key to future of Cape York - June 24, 2009
- Thousands of Australians put their Hands Up for the Kimberley! - June 16, 2009
- Assumed opposition between Cape York Indigenous people and green groups “simply wrong” - June 09, 2009
Partnerships between Traditional Owners and conservation groups are laying important foundation stones for a brighter future for Indigenous communities on Cape York, the director of peak indigenous group Wik Projects, Gina Castelain told a meeting of the Australian Government Working Group on Advancing Reconciliation in Natural Resource Management in Cairns yesterday.
Nationwide concern over plans for industrial development in the iconic Kimberley region will be turned into action through a new online initiative by the Wilderness Society.
Suggestions that the Wild Rivers controversy in Queensland shows a fundamental opposition between Cape York Indigenous people and ‘green’ groups are “simply wrong”, The Wilderness Society stated today. The recent declaration of the Archer River basin as a Wild River by the Queensland Government was the impetus for a gathering on Country between Wik, Wik Waya, and Kugu senior elders and Traditional Owners, and Wilderness Society campaigners.
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