Media Releases - 16 August 2023 - Forests - Logging - Tasmania Forests - Tasmania Story behind Florentine forest where giant tree ransacked from is one of destruction & threatened species Footage of a giant tree being hauled away from a 28-hectare area of the Florentine Valley in souther...
News - 08 August 2023 - Laws - Australia wide New environment laws, same environment problems In July 2022, then-new environment minister Tanya Plibersek released the long-awaited State of the E...
News - 04 August 2023 - Tasmania Vale Jonathan West Vale Jonathan West. Director of the Wilderness Society from 1986 to 1987, his contribution to protec...
Media Releases - 31 July 2023 New land clearing figures show Queensland continues to lead deforestation crisis despite global sustainability shifts Yesterday on National Trees Day, the Queensland Government released the latest Statewide Landcover a...
News - 21 July 2023 - Tasmania Statement on the retirement of Cassy O’Connor The Wilderness Society would like to extend its deep gratitude to Cassy O’Connor, who has resigned a...
News - 17 July 2023 - Community rights - Tasmania Forests - Tasmania Wilderness Society Tasmania statement on Dr Colette Harmsen
Media Releases - 14 July 2023 - Logging - Tasmania Forests - Tasmania Forestry Tasmania faces criminal charges after evidence of illegal logging uncovered Criminal proceedings have been initiated this week against Forestry Tasmania by Wilderness Society T...
News - 12 July 2023 - Deforestation - Queensland deforestation - Queensland Taste of things to come: Australia’s terrible deforestation record impacting EU trade discussions Over 400,000 hectares of forests and bush is deforested and cleared each year in Queensland alone. T...
News - 03 July 2023 - Tasmania Forests - Tasmania Importance of wilderness & World Heritage acknowledged by Minister Plibersek on Franklin 40th anniversary Forty years on from the momentous high court decision to prevent the damming of the Franklin River d...
Media Releases - 30 June 2023 - Deforestation - Queensland deforestation - Queensland Regulations that prevent import of deforestation-linked products into EU enter force New European Union Regulations have today come into force which will prevent the import of commoditi...