WildCountry Info

A new vision for nature - October 18, 2007

Summary information and links about WildCountry.

WildCountry Science - November 28, 2007

New research underlies the WildCountry vision, including on long-term and large-scale ecological processes.  Find out more about the science and the scientists.

Implementing WildCountry

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.

The Role of Connectivity in Australian Conservation (abstract) - June 29, 2005

Abstract of an article from Pacific Conservation Biology 2004 - an overview of the connectivity elements that inform a scientific framework for significantly improving the prospects for the long-term conservation of Australia's biodiversity.

Gondwana Link - June 28, 2007

South-western Australia is well recognised for its rich ecological diversity, but intensive agriculture has heavily fragmented the region. An alliance of environmental and other community groups is working to achieve the Gondwana Link vision - the restoration of ecological connectivity across a distance spanning approximately 1000 kilometres./p>

Indigenous Rights Policy - September 07, 2003

The Wilderness Society (TWS) recognises;  that indigenous peoples are the traditional custodians who have managed the environments of Australia since time immemorial, that Indigenous Australians did not voluntarily relinquish their sovereignty over Australia, the continued existence of native title land and sea rights...

WildCountry - editorial by Emeritus Prof. Harry Recher - September 07, 2003

An article about WildCountry by Professor Harry Recher, published in Pacific Conservation Biology in 2003

SA Wilderness Campaigns - October 31, 2005

South Australia has a strong Wilderness Protection Act. We are now campaigning to have high quality wilderness areas protected under that Act. Key campaigns include Yellabinna, and the large Central Eyre Peninsula Parks.

WildCountry in South Australia - June 21, 2005

WildCountry in South Australia is both a bold framework for campaigning and a specific pilot project: the Western Wilderness Corridor. The corridor spans a biologically crucial zone from the central Eyre Peninsula to the Western Australian border and is a first step to establishing WildCountry in South Australia.

Code of Management of Wilderness Areas - September 07, 2003

A Wilderness Society Policy Document Adopted c. 1993, currently under review. (from: Robertson, M., Brown, A.J.