Northern Territory Media Releases

Tiwi Logging Inquiry Fails to Flush out Finances - October 29, 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.

World Class Marine Environment one step closer to Protection - September 24, 2009

Leading conservation groups today welcomed the release of potential areas for marine protection in Australia’s northern oceans by the Commonwealth Government.

Tiwi Island logging operations doomed from the start - September 14, 2009

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.

Garrett's strong stand on Tiwi logging - October 15, 2008

The Wilderness Society welcomes the decision by Federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, to impose tough new conditions on logging giant, Great Southern Plantations, for a range of serious breaches of environmental conditions related to it's controversial clearing of 26 000 hectares of forests and woodlands on the Tiwi islands, north of Darwin.

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.

Green group responds to ALP and CLP environment announcements - July 28, 2008

Following the weekend release of the CLP and ALP environment policies, The Wilderness Society calls on both parties to release policies to address the biggest threats to nature in the Northern Territory – landclearing, river protection and poor land management.

First Indigenous Protected Area declared on Cape York Peninsula is ‘a visionary achievement’ - June 04, 2008

The Wilderness Society has welcomed the declaration of Cape York Peninsula’s first Indigenous Protected Area.

Protest at Perth corporate AGM over destruction of native forests on NT's Tiwi Islands - February 13, 2007

Protesters gathered at the AGM of Perth-based Great Southern Plantations (GSP) Ltd to challenge the company over its destructive forestry operation on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin.