Media Releases - 02 May 2022 - Jarrah Forests - Western Australia
WA’s Northern Jarrah Forest will be ‘ripped apart’ by 2060—new report
The Northern Jarrah Forest—a biodiversity hotspot which rivals the world’s tropical rainforests—is o...
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Media Releases - 02 May 2022 - Fossil fuels - Tasmania
Fossil fuel gas drilling off King Island announced—no mention of public consultation or Community Rights
In an apparent investor briefing, 3D Oil has appeared to confirm that exploration drilling for fossi...
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Media Releases - 24 March 2022 - Victoria Forests - Victoria
Illegal logging to be made legal? New powers create moving goalposts on logging laws and quash community rights to consultation
The Wilderness Society condemns the Victorian Government for passing logging legislation today that ...
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Media Releases - 11 March 2022 - Nature
Nature Walk Challenge
This 15–25 April, take the Wilderness Society’s Nature Walk Challenge. Over this 10-day period, choo...
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Media Releases - 24 February 2022 - Tasmania Forests - Tasmania
Wilderness Society briefs World Heritage Centre on Tasmanian Govt’s Broken Promises
Last night Australian environment organisation the Wilderness Society addressed the World Heritage C...
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Media Releases - 04 February 2022 - Tasmania Forests - Tasmania
Governments mislead UNESCO on Tasmanian wilderness
The Wilderness Society is concerned that the Australian Government’s State of the Conservation (SoC)...
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Media Releases - 28 January 2022 - Queensland deforestation - Queensland
Funding announcement insufficient to overcome climate and other challenges facing the Great Barrier Reef
The Wilderness Society provides the following response to the Morrison Government’s announcement mad...
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Media Releases - 30 December 2021 - Deforestation - Queensland
Latest shocking Queensland deforestation figures demand urgent action from business & industry
Latest figures show over 668,000 hectares of forest and bushland in Qld, Australia were destroyed in...
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Media Releases - 17 December 2021 - Victoria Forests - Victoria
Andrews Gov’t announcement of additional industry support doesn’t solve wood supply crisis, nor cover up VicForests’ appalling conduct
The Wilderness Society welcomes today’s reaffirmation of the native forest logging phase out by 2030...
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Media Releases - 16 December 2021 - Fossil fuels - New South Wales
PEP11’s dragged out cancellation shows offshore oil and gas licensing rules must be rewritten
The federal government’s long-delayed rejection of the PEP11 project is a win for communities, but u...