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 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

Help protect the Tiwi Islands from land clearing - August 22, 2008

The Tiwi Islands are a tropical paradise whose forests and wildlife are being destroyed for woodchips. If Stage 2 is approved by the Northern Territory and Commonwealth Governments, approximately 1/8 of the Islands will be destroyed in Northern Australia’s single biggest land clearing operation.

NT Election wrap-up - August 14, 2008

The Northern Territory election, held on Saturday 9th of August, ended up a cliff hanger. The returned Labor Government has promised to maintain a moratorium on land clearing in the Daly River region and to order a full and public assessment of the environmental, social and economic implications of any further landclearing in the Tiwi Islands.

A plea to stop Tiwi Islands land clearing - July 30, 2008

In 2005, the Northern Territory Parks and Conservation Master Plan identified that all of the Tiwi’s contained conservation values of international significance for biodiversity. For this reason, the Tiwi’s are of immense conservation importance.

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Northern Territory Media Releases

Northern Territory election: environment groups issue policy report card - August 08, 2008

A coalition of environment groups this morning issued a report card assessing the environmental policies of the political parties on the eve of the Northern Territory election. The report card is published in this morning’s NT News.

Green groups welcome NT Government scrutiny of Tiwi Island’s landclearing - August 07, 2008

The Wilderness Society and the Environment Centre of the Northern Territory welcome today’s announcement by the Northern Territory Chief Minister that any further land clearing on the Tiwi Islands will be subject to a full and public environmental assessment process.

TV ad blitz calls for political action on land clearing in NT - August 01, 2008

The Wilderness Society launches a TV ad campaign challenging the next Northern Territory government to rule out further destructive land clearing in special parts of the Territory including the Tiwi’s and the Daly River.

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