The future of the Kimberley is being decided right now
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WA’s unique Kimberley region is now the focus of major conservation concern. Plans for massive industrialisation by fossil fuel giants such as Shell and Woodside could cause irreversible damage to this remote and unspoiled region. This year 20,000 Humpback Whales spent the winter months just off the Kimberley coast, where mothers gave birth and trained their young. But planned development of the Browse Basin gas field could wreak havoc on the whales' nursery grounds. The Browse Basin gas field alone would also be a massive carbon-polluter - and it threatens to open the floodgates to other large-scale development in the Kimberley. With your support we can persuade the development-hungry new WA government to adopt a sustainable plan for the Kimberley. Take action: |
Pulp Mill lurches
Pulp Mill proposal lurches off the rails as thousands form a 'Line in the sand'
As Gunns' proposed pulp mill slips further off the rails, attention is shifting from the Tasmanian Government to Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett who has yet to approve central parts of Gunns' environmental plan for the controversial mill.
Poznan climate talks
On 1 December, world leaders meet in Poland to discuss the most important challenge ever faced by humanity - tackling climate change.
The first major step since the climate forum in Bali last year, the Wilderness Society delegation will be urging world leaders to take strong action to reduce logging and land clearing - as part of the global plan to tackle climate change.
Focus: Native forest research
Research finds native forests key to climate solution.
World-first research from the Australian National University has shown that unlogged native forests store three times more carbon than previously thought.
The research identifies that Australia has some of the most carbon dense forests on Earth - and that logging and clearing them has significant climate implications.
Upcoming Events
- Salsa Samba Fever!
- Join the new Wilderness Activist Collective - WA
- Forever Wild Bequest event - Adelaide, 7th December, 2008
Spice up your Tuesday night with an evening of hot Latin rhythms and exciting entertainment. Learn a few salsa steps with the Latin American Dance Academy. When: 7.30-11pm, Tuesday 2 Dec. Where: Glebe Town Hall. Cost: Tickets $15 ($12 concession). All proceeds go towards The Wilderness Society's River Red Gum campaign.
5.30pm, every Tuesday. The Wilderness Activist Collective holds weekly meetings with guest speakers, training workshops, creative activity nights, and films - it's a great way to meet other activists, share skills and help protect our State's most amazing wild places! Carpark off Troode St. West Perth
1pm - 4pm, Sunday, 7th December, 2008. Ayers House, Henry Ayers Room, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA. The Wilderness Society invites you to our Forever Wild bequest event in Adelaide for 2008, for an insight into our WildCountry vision, an update on local campaigns in South Australia, and a photo exhibition of the amazingly diverse Australian landscapes we campaign to protect followed by afternoon tea.
Media Releases
- Opportunity approaches for Gunns to prove The Wilderness Society wrong - November 27, 2008
- Congratulations to Lisa Singh on ministerial appointment - November 26, 2008
- ‘Australia’ star Jack Thompson lends voice to Kimberley conservation campaign - November 26, 2008
On November 30, Gunns has the chance to prove the Wilderness Society wrong by renegotiating the wood supply deal with Forestry Tasmania to leave out native forests.
The Wilderness Society today offered its congratulations to Lisa Singh on her recent appointment as minister in the Bartlett government. Ms Singh has displayed independence, ethics and a preparedness to stand up to poor party policy and we hope she can offer much needed support for the new direction Premier Bartlett has been promising Tasmanians.
Australian film legend Jack Thompson has joined conservation groups in the fight to save the Kimberley from industralisation by lending his voice to a cinema advertising campaign to be launched today to coincide with screenings of ‘Australia’ across Perth.
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