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Updated: February 08, 2012
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Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (NT) is in the heart of Northern Australia, and its protection is as important as the high profile icons to its east and west – Cape York and the Kimberley. The Northern Territory is one of the most incredible environments on earth. It’s home to Australia's best known National Park, Kakadu, is the heart of the largest remaining tropical savannah on earth and is famous for its spectacular escarpment country and vast wetlands.
It’s also a place where ancient indigenous cultural connections and use of land and sea continue as strong as anywhere on the continent. The Northern Territory is an international tourist destination to rival all others. People from around the world are joining Australians in their love for the spectacular nature in the Northern Territory. With your support, we are working harder than ever to protect the living rivers, savannah wilderness and the marine and coastal environment of the Northern Territory, building on successful past campaigns, which helped protect Kakadu and prevent the Jabiluka uranium mine.
Northern Territory Updates
- Saving our tropical sealife - October 24, 2011
- Why damn northern Australia? - September 20, 2011
- 'Death nets' sweeping Australia's oceans clean of life - August 11, 2011
- Messages in the sand - World Turtle Day 2011 - May 31, 2011
In order to protect marine life across northern Australia, the Wilderness Society has helped form a powerful new national alliance: Save Our Tropical Sealife. The alliance of 12 of Australia’s leading environment groups is working to ensure tropical sea life is fully protected in a world-class network of marine sanctuaries across Australia’s north and north west.
How many hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars is Tony Abbott prepared to pour down the bottomless pit labelled northern development to keep Barnaby Joyce and Bill Heffernan happy? Unfortunately it looks like the sky is the limit following reports that Team Abbott is refloating harebrain schemes to farm northern Australia by damming the rivers of the Top End.
Fishing nets as wide as eight kilometres and bottom trawling are devastating Australia’s marine life and undermining a Federal Government promise to create marine sanctuaries.
Over 500 people Australia-wide took part in World Turtle Day 2011, creating sand turtles on their local beaches in support of marine sanctuaries across northern Australia. At dozens of locations around the country, everyone had a great day full of sea, sun and sand turtles.
Northern Territory Events
- Vote Environment NT election information evening - February 08, 2012
Come along to our information evening and find out more about the issues and how you can get involved. Where: Lizards Bar, Top End Hotel, Corner Daly and Mitchell Streets, Darwin. When: 7:00 - 8.00 pm, Thursday, 1 March 2012.
Northern Territory Media Releases
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Environment groups launch advertising campaign to keep parties honest - November 24, 2011
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Vatskalis all at sea on new marine parks - October 19, 2011
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12 months to polling day, environment groups put parties on notice - September 05, 2011
