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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · 16d

Our efforts don’t end here. We will keep holding the government to account where it treats the environment with shameful neglect.

But this success paves the way for future action—to protect threatened species, cultural heritage and large intact functioning ecosystems. #wildoz #auspol

👉 Learn more:

Wilderness Society | Protecting nature and wildlife

Securing better laws and oversight for the ecosystems that sustain us, and real protections for Australia's unique species and habitats.

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · 16d

We have successfully settled our court case with the Environment Minister—and he has admitted he failed to do his job to protect threatened species! 🙌

This is an incredible win for threatened species. Hear our campaigner Sam Szoke-Burke give an update on what this means for wildlife. #wildoz

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · 18d

This is an incredible photo @sandyhorne.bsky.social! We'd love to reshare on our socials, crediting you, is that okay?

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · 18d

Today is a win for threatened wildlife across Australia 🙌

While it is deeply frustrating that we had to resort to the courts to get the government to do its job, this outcome confirms the expectations on the Albanese government to start prioritising nature & helping Aussie wildlife beat extinction.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 18d

Government required to create plan to protect greater glider in major legal win for Wilderness Society

Murray Watt agrees recovery plans for greater glider, ghost bat, lungfish and sandhill dunnart were not made by successive governments * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, has conceded that successive governments acted unlawfully when they failed to create mandatory recovery plans for native species threatened with extinction in a major legal win for one of Australia’s largest environmental organisations. The Wilderness Society has been successful in federal court proceedings it launched in March that sought to compel the minister to make recovery plans for species including the greater glider and the ghost bat. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · 18d

Together, we made the government do its job, and nature is safer for it.

Thank you to all of our supporters, who made this win possible. 🙌

#auspol #wildoz #australia #nature #environment #WildernessSociety

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · 18d

The Minister conceded he was in breach of his duties. Now he’s legally required to make recovery plans for the greater glider, ghost bat, sandhill dunnart, and Australian lungfish.

Even more: recovery plans can no longer just “expire”, giving hundreds of species clearer protection.
#auspol #wildoz

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · 18d

📣 #BREAKING: We’ve settled our case against Australia’s Environment Minister!

Backed by our supporters & represented by Environmental Justice Australia, we took bold legal action to fight for threatened species, and won! #auspol #wildoz

Two people standing outdoors, with expressions of determination, one holding a red and black feather, next to a caption that reads 'BREAKING: We took bold legal action for threatened species. And we won.' Photo credit: James Thomas Photography.

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · 23d

#Beef buyers like Woolworths are complicit in this destruction.

📣 @woolworths.bsky.social, will you act to protect Queensland’s #wildlife and their homes?

🔗 Read the report:
www.stateoftheenvironment.detsi.qld.gov.au

State of the Environment

www.stateoftheenvironment.detsi.qld.gov.au

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · 23d

Queensland’s plants and animals are in crisis. 🚨

The new State of Environment Report reveals 114 more threatened species were added in the last 4 years.

Both the #Queensland government and the Wilderness Society confirm the biggest threat: deforestation for pasture. #wildoz

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 9

Sounds like an adventure, but definitely worthwhile!!

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 9

But a new report from The Tree Projects, reveals that #nativeforestlogging remains #Lutruwita / #Tasmania’s highest-emitting sector.

Protecting the state's incredible #forests isn't just about their beauty and age, it's actually one of the most powerful steps we can take for #climateaction. 💚🌏

Native Forest Logging Remains Tasmania's Top Emitter - Tasmanian Times

A new report from The Tree Projects, the Wilderness Society and the Tasmanian Climate Collective has found that native forest logging remains the state’s highest-emitting sector. The report, Tasmania’...

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 9

#Lutruwita / #Tasmania is home to true forest giants, Eucalyptus regnans that tower up to 100m tall & huon pines that have lived for thousands of years. 🌳

These are some of the most carbon-dense #forests on Earth, quietly storing vast amounts of carbon & helping stabilise the climate. #botany

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 8

Exciting news: the Great Koala National Park is finally happening! This means 176,000ha of critical koala habitat in #NSW will now be a national park & protected from logging. 🎉Thanks to all our supporters for your tireless work to make this park a reality. 💚

🔁 Help us spread the good news! #wildoz

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farukavdi.bsky.social @farukavdi.bsky.social · Sep 6

So, so long overdue. Hopefully enough to help these animals and systems weather what’s coming. Congratulations NSW branch of @australianlabor.bsky.social and @wilderness.org.au and NSW NCC (among others)!! #environment #climatechange #forests www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging

Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory

www.theguardian.com

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 6

Wilderness Society NSW campaigns manager Victoria Jack said: “Conservation outcomes don’t get much bigger than this. This historic announcement will give koalas a fighting chance for a future.”

‘Conservation outcomes don’t get much bigger than this’: Great Koala National Park announced

A moratorium on logging will commence on Monday, while final legislation to create the park will await a federal decision on whether the state can earn carbon credits for protecting forest.

www.smh.com.au

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 6

BREAKING: The NSW government announced it will permanently protect the full 176,000 hectares of state forests proposed for inclusion in the Great Koala National Park.

This historic announcement will give koalas a fighting chance for a future. #GKNP

Image of a koala sleeping against a tree. Text over the image says "BREAKING: NSW Premier Minns Delivers Great Koala National Park. Protecting critical koala habitat.

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 5

Stick up for wildlife 💚 From now until #ThreatenedSpeciesDay (7 September), donate to the Wilderness Society and we’ll send you a free sticker featuring an iconic threatened species!

Together, we can defend wildlife and the places they call home. #ProtectMyHabitat #wildoz

Together, we’re defending threatened species

When governments side with corporations instead of protecting nature, we all pay the price. Now is your chance to fight back Join me: donate today and get a free sticker.

www.wilderness.org.au

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 5

This isn’t just a sticker. It’s a love letter to Australia’s wild places and the #wildlife that call them home. 💚

If you see a sticker in the wild know it proves that together, there are more people who care about #nature than the corporate and political interests willing to exploit it. #wildoz

Hand holds up a circular sticker featuring a cartoon ghost bat, with the words 'protect my habitat' and 'the wilderness society' featured around the borders. The background is blurred nature outlook with trees and blue sky.

Hand holds up a circular sticker featuring a cartoon orange Australian lungfish, with the words 'protect my habitat' and 'the wilderness society' featured around the borders. The background is blurred nature outlook with trees and blue sky.

Hand holds up a circular sticker featuring a cartoon yellow sandhill dunnart, with the words 'protect my habitat' and 'the wilderness society' featured around the borders. The background is blurred nature outlook with trees and blue sky.

Hand holds up a circular sticker featuring a cartoon Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle, with the words 'protect my habitat' and 'the wilderness society' featured around the borders. The background is blurred nature outlook with trees and blue sky.

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 4

Despite being listed as endangered since 2000, the sandhill dunnart has never had a recovery plan.

💚 You can help. Donate to the Wilderness Society before #ThreatenedSpeciesDay (7 Sept) and get a free wildlife sticker!

👉 Claim your sticker today: wilderness.org.au/protect-habitat-sticker #wildoz

Together, we’re defending threatened species

When governments side with corporations instead of protecting nature, we all pay the price. Now is your chance to fight back Join me: donate today and get a free sticker.

wilderness.org.au

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 4

Not just a cute face, the sandhill dunnart is a tiny desert predator with a big role to play! 🐭✨

By day it curls up in sandy burrows, and by night it hunts insects and reptiles among the spinifex sandplains of South & Western Australia, helping keep ecosystems in balance.
#wildoz #dunnart #wildlife

Image shows a photo of a tiny sandhill dunnart, with its cute mouse like face, black eyes, large ears, small paws and long tail. It is sitting on a sandy ground with some trees in the background.

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 3

But survival isn’t certain. Without stronger government action to protect its habitat, this ancient species could disappear. #wildoz #wildlife

💚 Donate before #ThreatenedSpeciesDay (7 September) and get a free sticker! 👇

Together, we’re defending threatened species

When governments side with corporations instead of protecting nature, we all pay the price. Now is your chance to fight back Join me: donate today and get a free sticker.

wilderness.org.au

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 3

What is older than the dinosaurs and is humanity's ancient cousin? The Australian lungfish! 🐟✨

This species is a true living fossil. Its ancestors date back 380 million years, and it’s barely changed in over 100 million. It can even breathe air when water runs out!
#wildoz #threatenedspecies

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 2

The complaint was lodged by the Wilderness Society, WA Forest Alliance and Conservation Council of WA.

It’s time for accountability for the US mining company—and for an end date to #mining the irreplaceable jarrah forest.

Read more👇 #westernaustralia #jarrahforests #environment

Watchdog rules Alcoa claims about jarrah forest rehabilitation not true

US aluminium giant Alcoa made inaccurate or misleading claims in an advertisement about its rehabilitation of the forests it mines in, Australia's advertising watchdog finds.

www.abc.net.au

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 2

📢 #BREAKING: US mining giant #Alcoa misled the public.

Australia's advertising watchdog has ruled Alcoa’s newspaper ad, claiming it had rehabilitated 75% of the Jarrah Forest it had mined, was inaccurate or misleading.

#westernaustralia #mining #jarrahforests

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Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Sep 1

This September, we’re bringing people together online and in-person to learn, share & take meaningful action for #nature. 🗓️

From taking action on #deforestation to learning how to engage with MPs, there's something for everyone.

🍃 Find all events and RSVP: wilderness.org.au/community-events