Northern Australia is one of the last great wild places on Earth, and the largest and most intact tropical savannah anywhere. Stretching 2,500 km, from the Kimberley region in Western Australia across to Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland, it forms a vast arc of forests, woodlands, wild rivers and monsoonal wetlands. But the decline of many bird populations, invasion of exotic animals, the threat of climate change and a wave of proposals to expand irrigated farming, land clearing, mining and dams has left one of the world’s greatest wilderness areas on the verge of devastating change.
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Cape York Peninsula
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Australia’s irreplaceable Cape York Peninsula is one of the last great wild places on Earth. The Wilderness Society is campaigning to protect the wild rivers and World Heritage values of this remarkable place.
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The Top End
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The Top End of the Northern Territory is home to some of Australia’s best known and loved places including the magnificent Kakadu National Park. In the Top End, The Wilderness Society is campaigning to protect the beautiful Daly River.
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The Kimberley
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The rugged wilderness coastline of the Kimberley is known throughout the world. The Wilderness Society is campaigning to protect the Kimberly from proposals to massively industrialise the Kimberley coastline.
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Northern Australia Updates
Crazy northern schemes torpedoed by reality check – October 02, 2009
In late September, Australia’s leading scientific research organisation, the CSIRO, provided a much needed reality check to mad schemes to turn northern Australia into a giant irrigated farm.
Mining the Wenlock? … what a croc! – October 02, 2009
Bauxite mining companies have the Wenlock River area firmly in their sights, but a looming decision by the Queensland Government on the Wild River declaration proposal for the Wenlock could protect one of Australia’s last free-flowing rivers and the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve from these destructive mines.
Kimberley Oil spill – out of sight must not mean out of mind! – September 30, 2009
This is an issue of global significance, if this disaster occurred near the Great Barrier Reef or a major population centre the outcry would be enormous. The Kimberley and it’s offshore waters are globally significant. Oil companies and Governments cannot be allowed to cover it up or play down the significance of this event for the current and future of the Kimberley and Australia’s marine waters.
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Northern Australia Media Releases
Welcome “first step” – Camden Sound marine park announcement. Could this be WA’s first Indigenous managed marine park? – October 04, 2009
West Atlas Environmental disaster highlights risks associated with proposed Kimberley developments – September 28, 2009
The Wilderness Society and Environs Kimberley are shocked and concerned by the ongoing environmental crisis currently occurring off the Kimberley coast. The Wilderness Society’s Kimberley campaigner Josh Coates said: “The Kimberley marine environment is currently one of the least impacted in the world and a disaster of this scale could have serious and ongoing impacts on marine life here including whales, dolphins and endangered turtles known to occur in the area.”
The Wilderness Society supporting Shell, Chevron, and BP to ‘do the right thing’ regarding Kimberley LNG – September 16, 2009
Josh Coates, Kimberley campaigner for the Wilderness Society said, “We are pleased that these companies are showing signs of wanting to do the right thing by not endorsing the ill-conceived Kimberley LNG proposal being pushed so hard by the WA government and Woodside”.