Media Releases - 25 August 2020 - Campaign - Tasmania Privatisation of Tasmania's Parks, Reserves & World Heritage Wilderness A Cert Under Major Projects Bill Latest iteration of Major Projects Bill still allows Lake Malbena to be declared ‘major project’. Ta...
Media Releases - 21 August 2020 - Deforestation - Queensland Queensland’s forests & bushland under threat, again. Queensland’s deforestation laws are again under threat following an announcement from Opposition Lea...
Media Releases - 17 August 2020 - Forests - Tasmania STT’s 2nd FSC-fail sends market signal Tasmanian logging still equals native forest & wildlife destruction Tasmania’s government-owned logging agency ‘Sustainable’ Timber Tasmania fails FSC Full Forest Manag...
Media Releases - 14 August 2020 - Forests - Victoria Response to VicForests abandoning bid for FSC certification VicForests is blaming its repeated failures to achieve Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certificatio...
Media Releases - 12 August 2020 - Laws - Australia wide Poll finds ‘massive gulf’ between community views and government plans for environment protections Australians recognise that our national government plays a vital role in protecting nationally signi...
Media Releases - 05 August 2020 - Forests - Victoria Australian group seeks US and European help to protect forests and wildlife after recent catastrophic wildfires A leading Australian environment group, the Wilderness Society has appealed to enforcement agencies ...
Media Releases - 04 August 2020 - Forests - Tasmania Community Pressure Wins Temporary Reprieve for Styx Forest That Remains on Logging List An alliance of Tasmania’s environmental groups has welcomed the Tasmanian Government’s reversal of i...
Media Releases - 28 July 2020 - Campaign - Tasmania Wilderness Society leads appeal of Lake Malbena decision to Full Court of Tasmania’s Supreme Court The Wilderness Society Tasmania, the Tasmanian National Parks Association, Richard Webb and Paul Smi...
Media Releases - 23 July 2020 - Forests - Victoria Wilderness Society response to log truck presence at Traralgon Bunnings store “Uncertainty in the Victorian timber industry has been years in the making and arises from bad fores...
Media Releases - 20 July 2020 - Laws - Australia wide Independent review calls for ‘fundamental reform of national environmental law’ The Wilderness Society welcomes the release of the ten-year Independent Review of Australia’s enviro...