Western Australia Updates
- Working together to save the Kimberley's whales - September 05, 2008
- The Mitchell Plateau Region (north Kimberley) – Under threat - July 23, 2008
- Burning native forests for power - a lifeline to the woodchippers - July 16, 2008
- Crunch time for the Kimberley - June 11, 2008
- Gondwana Link - June 28, 2007 South-western Australia is internationally renowned for its ecological diversity. Hundreds of millions of years of evolution across one of the Earth's oldest land surfaces has created a major 'biodiversity hotspot'. Sadly, massive clearing of vegetation for agriculture has fragmented the landscape. Climate change and land degradation now threaten the long-term viability of much of the region's biodiversity.
- Ningaloo Reef - June 01, 2007
- 5000 Faces for Marine Parks Now! - May 15, 2008
- WA’s forests: Time for another big leap forward! - May 05, 2008
- Land clearing WA - May 29, 2008
- WildCountry in the West: Gondwana Link - August 10, 2006 South western Australia is internationally renowned for its ecological diversity. Tens of millions of years of evolutionary interaction across some of the Earth's oldest land surfaces has created a major 'biodiversity hotspot'.
Few Australians realise the maternity ward for the group IV population of the endangered Humpback whale is located off the remote wilderness coast of the Kimberley region. Community groups, Scientists and Conservationists are working together to save the Kimberley whales habitat.
The Mitchell/Lawley Rivers Region (Ngauwudu) is a distinct landscape in the north-west Kimberley: a landscape of beauty and diversity that is absolutely unique. Both the environmental and cultural values are of World Heritage significance - and both are currently under threat.
Native forest bioenergy: bad for climate change and bad for our forests. In response to diminishing global demand for native forest woodchips, Australia’s native forest logging industry is pushing a particularly destructive power generation option.
Years of neglect and mismanagement have created major environmental problems for the Kimberley region of northern WA, but even bigger threats are now looming over the region, in the form of plans for large scale gas, mining and agricultural industrialisation.
With the support of tens of thousands of people from around the world the ‘Save Ningaloo’ campaign stopped a large marina resort from being built in 2003.
Do you support real marine parks to protect our marine environment? We are asking Western Australians who support marine parks to add their photograph to a giant photo collage – the 5000 Faces Photo Petition.
It’s been seven years since the historic commitment to protect WA's remaining old-growth and HCV forests. But how far have we now come in protecting the world’s only karri, jarrah, tingle, tuart and wandoo forests?
Despite 80% of the Swan Coastal Plain (Perth and its surrounds) being cleared for industry, housing and development, the remaining bushlands and wetlands continue to be cleared at an alarming rate.

