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Updated: August 01, 2010
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Karijini National Park in the west Pilbara region, a small part of vast wild landscapes in WA. The largest state in Australia also has the most wild country. From the fantastic landscapes of the Kimberley, to one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots in the south west botanical province, WA contains some of the best of planet Earth. Australia’s biggest woodland is the incredibly diverse Great Western Woodlands, stretching from the rabbit-proof fence to the Nullarbor. Our Perth office is working to protect this global treasure. We helped protect the old growth forests of the south coast, and now we want to help connect them, across a thousand kilometres, to the Great Western Woodlands through the ambitious, multi-group effort of Gondwana Link.
The Kimberley region of northern WA is one of the world’s great natural and Indigenous cultural regions - vast savannah landscapes, wild rivers, extensive wetlands, spectacular coast and rich marine environments.
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WA is home to rich and diverse marine habitats – from the cool sponge gardens of the South to the tropical coral of the North. Yet less than 3% of this natural beauty and diversity is currently protected. Visit our special site.
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Western Australia Updates
- Australia's Outback Found to be a Vast Climate 'Pollution Bank' - September 01, 2010
- Important gains likely for the Kimberley, but serious threats intensify - August 25, 2010
- Australia’s next Federal Government must protect our environment - August 22, 2010
Australia’s vast Outback has been found to play a vital role in absorbing and storing damaging climate pollution and, if better managed, the area could become a key factor in reducing the nation’s greenhouse emissions, according to a new national study.
This week we are anticipating Premier Barnett will make a much-anticipated announcement on the future of the Kimberley, but not all the news is likely to be good. Find out what you can do to help.
As the country waits to find out which party will form the next Federal Government, the surge in support for the Greens across the country shows people want action on the environment.
Western Australia Events
- Wildflowers by the thousands - a public presentation - Start: 16/09/10
- Public Presentations on The Great Western Woodlands
- Join our volunteer group!
The annual Kings Park Festival is on again this September with a heap of spectacular events and activities. Come along to a presentation about the visionary project of GondwanaLink, which is restoring farmland, protecting remaining species and reconnecting habitats across the south west.
The Great Western Woodlands team is hitting the road for a number of public presentations on this amazing region and the conservation initiative.
Our volunteer group holds meetings on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month; with guest speakers, training workshops, creative activity nights, and films - it's a great way to meet other activists, share skills and help protect our State's most amazing wild places! City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth.
Western Australia Media Releases
- New report warns iconic Kimberley tourism brand at risk from industrialisation - August 31, 2010
- The future of our environment hangs ‘in the balance’ - August 19, 2010
- Calls for immediate halt to Woodside’s drilling off James Price Point - August 18, 2010
A new study by the Curtin University Sustainable Tourism Centre identifies plans for a massive polluting LNG industrial site near Broome as a serious threat to the Kimberley’s unique and globally-recognised tourism ‘brand’
The Wilderness Society today released its final assessment of the Parties’ policies on the environment this Election. Our conclusion is that the two biggest parties, the ALP and the Liberal-National Coalition, have been missing-in-action on the environment this election.
The Wilderness Society has today made an urgent 'Section 38' referral to the EPA over Woodside’s plans to conduct exploratory drilling off James Price Point, north of Broome. The drilling is part of Woodside’s plan to develop a huge polluting LNG industrial site on the Kimberley coast.
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