South Australia Info

Protecting South Australia - August 02, 2010

South Australia contains vast areas of wilderness and has some of the highest quality arid and marine wilderness anywhere. Sharing borders with all mainland states, SA is crucial to any vision of continent wide conservation. Protecting core areas and connecting processes in and between these areas is a key WildCountry goal and an aim of The Wilderness Society.

Providing Sanctuary - Marine parks that protect South Australia's marine life - August 05, 2010

South Australia's marine park estate covers over 40% of state waters but just 1% is protected from human activities such as fishing and oil drilling. In coming months, The Wilderness Society South Australia will campaign for large sanctuary zones in our marine parks.

WildArc - Southern Australia's WildCountry Program - August 09, 2010

WildArc is the Wilderness Society’s WildCountry Project in Southern Australia.

It is an ambitious project, and aims to protect vast areas of land and seascapes.

WildArc has the potential to become one of the largest conservation estates in the world.

Nullarbor Wilderness Campaign - July 19, 2010

The Wilderness Society has nominated the Nullarbor Plain for protection under South Australia's Wilderness Protection Act 1992. Recognised internationally for its natural and cultural heritage values, the iconic plain is the largest semi-arid karst cave system in the world. Despite this, the area is under serious threat!

SA Wilderness Campaigns - October 31, 2005

South Australia has a strong Wilderness Protection Act. We are now campaigning to have high quality wilderness areas protected under that Act. Key campaigns include Yellabinna, and the large Central Eyre Peninsula Parks.

The Wilderness Society South Australia contacts - February 23, 2009

For public, media and other enquiries.

Coongie Lakes - February 01, 2006

Coongie Lakes is one of South Australia's most important natural areas. As a major wetland system in an arid area, the lakes are recognised as being internationally important and are home to tens of thousands of water birds. Despite this, the Coongie Lakes system faces a number of threats and are inadequately protected.

Gillnetting the Great Australian Bight Marine Park (GABMP)! - November 25, 2009

Recent research has shown that the GABMP does not effectively protect Australian Sea Lion colonies at the Bunda Cliffs from shark gillnetting!

WildCountry in South Australia - June 21, 2005

WildCountry in South Australia is both a bold framework for campaigning and a specific pilot project: the Western Wilderness Corridor. The corridor spans a biologically crucial zone from the central Eyre Peninsula to the Western Australian border and is a first step to establishing WildCountry in South Australia.

The Nullarbor Plain - world’s largest limestone karst landscape - January 01, 2010

The vast Nullarbor Plain straddles the border of Western Australia and South Australia and is the world’s largest limestone karst landscape. The conservation of this area is vital to the WildCountry vision across the two states.