The Lost City, Cape Crawford: bones of the continent rise from the monsoonal forest. The Top End isn’t just magnificent: its a vibrant, modern community that’s thriving and growing without devastating the natural environment as has happened to many regions further south. Tourists from around the world and Australia are joining Territorians in droves, to love the spectacular nature of nature in the N.T. Although we don’t have a campaign centre in the Territory, we’re still working to protect its beautiful wild rivers and vast savanna wilderness, following earlier campaigns that helped protect Kakadu and prevent the Jabiluka uranium mine. We’re protecting the foundations of success by protecting the N.T.’s environment.
Northern Territory Updates
- Migrating oceanic sharks less protected than ever! - February 19, 2010
- The myth of Northern Australia becoming the “food bowl of Asia” has been dealt a crushing blow - February 23, 2010
- Send an E-Postcard to save our marine turtles! - February 18, 2010
Populations of sharks are declining worldwide. Sharks continue to be at risk internationally from over-fishing, illegal trade (e.g. shark fins), habitat degradation, incidental bycatch as well as emerging threats such as climate change. Despite supporting their listings as internationally vulnerable on the IUCN red list and the Australian Government’s commitment to international shark protection and conservation, Environment Minister Peter Garrett suddenly changed his mind.
In early February 2010, the Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce released a scientific report produced by the CSIRO that examined the future of development in Northern Australia. The report emphasized that massive irrigated development would face substantial natural constraints and severely impact on the region’s fragile ecosystems.
Sadly, all six of the seven species of marine turtles found on the Top End coast are listed as endangered or critically endangered under the ICUN threatened species list. Climate change, ghost nets, boat strikes, fishing gear entanglements and turtle-egg eating feral pigs are threatening their survival. However with your help we can prevent this from happening.
Northern Territory Media Releases
- Tiwi Logging Inquiry Fails to Flush out Finances - October 29, 2009
- World Class Marine Environment one step closer to Protection - September 24, 2009
- Tiwi Island logging operations doomed from the start - September 14, 2009
Tiwi logging inquiry has not investigated the propriety of complex financial arrangements surrounding the clearing of 30,000 hectares of valuable native forest, despite being specifically required to do so.
Leading conservation groups today welcomed the release of potential areas for marine protection in Australia’s northern oceans by the Commonwealth Government.
With speculation that major banks will withdraw support for the Tiwi Islands’ woodchip plantations on 30 September, the Wilderness Society calls for the closure of the controversial logging operation.
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