New South Wales Info
- Save the Williams River - August 21, 2008
- World Heritage for Cape York - May 03, 2008
- Murray River Red Gums Rescue - October 02, 2008
- Save our River Red Gums - April 02, 2008
- Our Sealife in Strife - June 08, 2008
- Join the Marine Letter Writing Tree - August 30, 2007 A new letter writing tree, focussing on building community awareness through the media about our spectacular local marine environment, is starting in NSW. Come along to a meeting, become a media monitor or join our network of supporters spreading their messages for protected marine areas in NSW.
- Burning Forests For Power? - September 28, 2003
- The Wilderness Society New South Wales contacts - July 11, 2008
- Sydney Wilderness Defender Office contacts - March 16, 2005
- Forests - October 17, 2005 The central west of NSW is a desert of cleared land. So much so you can see the last intact patch of woodland - the Pilliga - from space. In May the NSW government protected the pilliga and Goonoo forests more »
Earlier this year The Wilderness Society Newcastle joined the Save the Williams River Coalition to campaign for the protection of the Williams River. According to a recent study “The Williams River has the most diverse and intact aquatic biotic communities in the Hunter Valley”.
Cape York Peninsula is one the last great wild places on Earth. Like the Congo, the Serengeti and the Amazon, it deserves the highest protection: World Heritage listing.
Along the Murray River are the largest remaining red gum forests on Earth. With 75% stressed, dead or dying, these Australian icons urgently need to be protected.
Along the Murray River are the largest remaining red gum forests on Earth. With 75% stressed, dead or dying, these Australian icons urgently need to be protected.
NSW marine waters are home to rich and diverse habitats which offer refuge to an extraordinary wealth of wildlife. However our marine life is under increasing threat and urgently needs your support.
In what is looming as the greatest threat to Australia's unprotected native forests, the draconian burning of forests in power plants is again a reality. New, ominous proposals are dawning around the country at a time when our forests and atmosphere can least afford it.
Contact details for our Sydney and Newcastle offices.
Contact details for the Sydney Wilderness Defenders Office of The Wilderness Society.
The forests of the south coast of NSW remain our focus. While there are great National Parks in the region, key icon old growth forests remain unprotected and open for logging more »


