WildCountry Updates

Garnaut’s forgotten forests! - July 04, 2008

The role of forests in storing carbon and their importance in tackling climate change received overdue recognition in the draft report released by Professor Garnaut.

But native forests can store much more carbon than plantations and this has yet to be properly recognised.

First Indigenous Protected Area on CYP leads the way - June 12, 2008

Northern Kaanju Traditional Owners and their guests gathered on traditional homelands in central Cape York Peninsula to share in the celebration of the Cape’s York Peninsula’s first Indigenous Protected Area.

WildCountry in Tasmania - May 23, 2008

WildCountry Tasmania is an exciting new approach to conservation of Tasmania’s unique and important landscapes. It aims to present a long-term blueprint for preserving biodiversity by maintaining critical ecological processes.

Crunch time for the Kimberley - June 11, 2008

Years of neglect and mismanagement have created major environmental problems for the Kimberley region of northern WA, but even bigger threats are now looming over the region, in the form of plans for large scale gas, mining and agricultural industrialisation.

Gondwana Link - June 28, 2007

South-western Australia is internationally renowned for its ecological diversity. Hundreds of millions of years of evolution across one of the Earth's oldest land surfaces has created a major 'biodiversity hotspot'. Sadly, massive clearing of vegetation for agriculture has fragmented the landscape. Climate change and land degradation now threaten the long-term viability of much of the region's biodiversity.

WildCountry update - August 21, 2006

Recent developments include becoming the first not-for-profit environment organisation who, in partnership with the Australian National University, receive funding from the Australian Research Council; a proposal by the South Australian Government to protect half a million hectares of the Yellabinna wilderness; a Cooperation Agreement between the Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation and The Wilderness Society.

WildCountry in the West: Gondwana Link - August 10, 2006

South western Australia is internationally renowned for its ecological diversity. Tens of millions of years of evolutionary interaction across some of the Earth's oldest land surfaces has created a major 'biodiversity hotspot'.

Cooperative relationships with Indigenous communities - May 26, 2005

Australia's Indigenous people, and their own vision of the future, are crucial to WildCountry. The WildCountry vision supports the return of traditional lands to their Indigenous custodians, plus the support of Indigenous conservation strategies. We must learn from Indigenous ecological knowledge and skills in nature management.

Kokatha women call for more protection for Yellabinna - April 17, 2005

Kokatha women with traditional associations to the Yellabinna region today met with a representative of the Aboriginal Affairs Minister to appeal for help in further protection of Yellabinna including Yumbarra and Pureba Conservation Park.

Big news for Yellabinna campaign - October 17, 2004

In late July, the state government announced a proposal to protect 500,000 hectares of Yellabinna as a Wilderness Protection Area. This is a significant step, but more needs to be done and it is not the end of the campaign.