WildCountry Updates

Stock Routes Campaign strikes a chord - November 05, 2008

Some Australian icons bring together people from all walks of life! With the fate of Australia’s unique Travelling Stock Routes (TSR) Network in the balance, an alliance of drovers, graziers and conservation groups, including The Wilderness Society, has been formed to champion its long-term protection.

The Great Western Woodlands - The largest intact temperate woodland and shrubland remaining on Earth. - November 14, 2008

Located east of the Rabbit-Proof Fence in southwest Australia, and spaning 16 million ha, the Great Western Woodlands is largest and most intact landscape of its kind remaining on Earth. The region is extraordinarily biodiverse, containing more than 30% of Australia’s Eucalypt species and 20% of Australia’s total plant species.

A 'new deal' for Cape York Peninsula - November 10, 2008

The Wilderness Society has launched the Cape York Heritage Protection Plan as a blue print for coordinated, strategic and funded action for Cape York’s future.

A prosperous future for Cape York - October 13, 2008

A World Heritage nomination for Cape York Peninsula will help shape a healthy and prosperous future by integrating the needs of communities with the needs of nature, creating real jobs and a sustainable futures, while conserving the superlative natural and cultural values of the region.

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.