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The Landscape Awards by Australian Photography are back for a 4th year, celebrating stunning scenes from across Australia & beyond.
We’re delighted to share that $2 from each entry will be donated to the Wilderness Society. Entries close 22 Feb: www.thelandscapeawards.com.au
Photo: Adam Meredith
We’re delighted to share that $2 from each entry will be donated to the Wilderness Society. Entries close 22 Feb: www.thelandscapeawards.com.au
Photo: Adam Meredith
February 5, 2026 at 6:33 AM
The Landscape Awards by Australian Photography are back for a 4th year, celebrating stunning scenes from across Australia & beyond.
We’re delighted to share that $2 from each entry will be donated to the Wilderness Society. Entries close 22 Feb: www.thelandscapeawards.com.au
Photo: Adam Meredith
We’re delighted to share that $2 from each entry will be donated to the Wilderness Society. Entries close 22 Feb: www.thelandscapeawards.com.au
Photo: Adam Meredith
It’s not barking up the wrong tree to say #forests play a key role in defending against climate change.
🕵️ Scientists at Southern Cross & Monash unis took a closer look. In the bark of trees in northern NSW, they found a clue to how trees are fighting the #climate crisis: tiny, gas-eating microbes.
🕵️ Scientists at Southern Cross & Monash unis took a closer look. In the bark of trees in northern NSW, they found a clue to how trees are fighting the #climate crisis: tiny, gas-eating microbes.
Tree bark captures and eliminates harmful greenhouse gases
Tiny, gas-eating microbes hidden in the bark of trees offer scientists a crucial clue in the fight against global warming.
www.abc.net.au
February 4, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Reposted by Wilderness Society
A new report from @wilderness.org.au documents decades of financial and environmental mismanagement by the Tasmanian Government and the native forest logging industry. Brutal read. #politas
Public Cost, Private Gain: New Report Reveals Shocking Misuse of…
This morning Wilderness Society Tasmania released Public Cost, Private Gain, a new report documenting decades of financial and environmental…
wilderness.org.au
February 2, 2026 at 6:08 AM
A new report from @wilderness.org.au documents decades of financial and environmental mismanagement by the Tasmanian Government and the native forest logging industry. Brutal read. #politas
We’re hitting the ground running this February! Join the movement and help set the pace for a big year protecting nature—we've got a little something for everyone.
🗓️ Find all our events and RSVP at wilderness.org.au/community-events
#volunteering #wildoz #nature #Australia
🗓️ Find all our events and RSVP at wilderness.org.au/community-events
#volunteering #wildoz #nature #Australia
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
We’re hitting the ground running this February! Join the movement and help set the pace for a big year protecting nature—we've got a little something for everyone.
🗓️ Find all our events and RSVP at wilderness.org.au/community-events
#volunteering #wildoz #nature #Australia
🗓️ Find all our events and RSVP at wilderness.org.au/community-events
#volunteering #wildoz #nature #Australia
Australians want real climate action, not more fossil fuels.
Yet in the final weeks of 2025, the Albanese Labor government announced it was opening a huge area of ocean off Victoria and Lutruwita / Tasmania for new oil and gas exploration.
#auspol #oilandgas #fossilfuels #climate
Yet in the final weeks of 2025, the Albanese Labor government announced it was opening a huge area of ocean off Victoria and Lutruwita / Tasmania for new oil and gas exploration.
#auspol #oilandgas #fossilfuels #climate
January 30, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Australians want real climate action, not more fossil fuels.
Yet in the final weeks of 2025, the Albanese Labor government announced it was opening a huge area of ocean off Victoria and Lutruwita / Tasmania for new oil and gas exploration.
#auspol #oilandgas #fossilfuels #climate
Yet in the final weeks of 2025, the Albanese Labor government announced it was opening a huge area of ocean off Victoria and Lutruwita / Tasmania for new oil and gas exploration.
#auspol #oilandgas #fossilfuels #climate
Is Bunnings stocking forest destruction on its shelves?
The answer is: yes.
We’ve filed a complaint to ask the ACCC, Australia’s consumer watchdog, to investigate Bunnings for #greenwashing.
The answer is: yes.
We’ve filed a complaint to ask the ACCC, Australia’s consumer watchdog, to investigate Bunnings for #greenwashing.
Bunnings accused of ‘greenwashing’ timber amid concerns about supplier’s illegal logging
The Wilderness Society lodges complaint with consumer watchdog over hardware and garden chain’s sale of timber sourced from NSW Forestry Corporation
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Is Bunnings stocking forest destruction on its shelves?
The answer is: yes.
We’ve filed a complaint to ask the ACCC, Australia’s consumer watchdog, to investigate Bunnings for #greenwashing.
The answer is: yes.
We’ve filed a complaint to ask the ACCC, Australia’s consumer watchdog, to investigate Bunnings for #greenwashing.
Our friends at the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council are calling on the WA government to reject the Valhalla fracking proposal in the #Kimberley, and uphold its duty of care to do no harm.
👉 Read more: martuwarra.org/blog/DoNoHarm
#westernaustralia #fracking #fossilfuels #BlackMountain
👉 Read more: martuwarra.org/blog/DoNoHarm
#westernaustralia #fracking #fossilfuels #BlackMountain
Do No Harm
Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council calls on Environment Minister Mathew Swinbourn to reject the Valhalla fracking proposal and uphold the WA Government’s duty of care to do no harm.
martuwarra.org
January 22, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Our friends at the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council are calling on the WA government to reject the Valhalla fracking proposal in the #Kimberley, and uphold its duty of care to do no harm.
👉 Read more: martuwarra.org/blog/DoNoHarm
#westernaustralia #fracking #fossilfuels #BlackMountain
👉 Read more: martuwarra.org/blog/DoNoHarm
#westernaustralia #fracking #fossilfuels #BlackMountain
Skies across southern Australia lit up with a spectacular show of the #auroraaustralis last night.
Moments like these remind us of the value of getting out into nature, looking up, and protecting the night skies that connect us. 💚✨
Image: Bunurong Country, Genevieve French / Wilderness Society
Moments like these remind us of the value of getting out into nature, looking up, and protecting the night skies that connect us. 💚✨
Image: Bunurong Country, Genevieve French / Wilderness Society
January 21, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Skies across southern Australia lit up with a spectacular show of the #auroraaustralis last night.
Moments like these remind us of the value of getting out into nature, looking up, and protecting the night skies that connect us. 💚✨
Image: Bunurong Country, Genevieve French / Wilderness Society
Moments like these remind us of the value of getting out into nature, looking up, and protecting the night skies that connect us. 💚✨
Image: Bunurong Country, Genevieve French / Wilderness Society
In the final weeks of 2025, the Albanese government quietly opened up a huge area of ocean off Victoria & Lutruwita / Tasmania to new #oilandgas exploration.
💥 Seismic blasting & gas drilling here would threaten marine life, coastal communities, the climate & a World Heritage coastline. #auspol
💥 Seismic blasting & gas drilling here would threaten marine life, coastal communities, the climate & a World Heritage coastline. #auspol
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 AM
In the final weeks of 2025, the Albanese government quietly opened up a huge area of ocean off Victoria & Lutruwita / Tasmania to new #oilandgas exploration.
💥 Seismic blasting & gas drilling here would threaten marine life, coastal communities, the climate & a World Heritage coastline. #auspol
💥 Seismic blasting & gas drilling here would threaten marine life, coastal communities, the climate & a World Heritage coastline. #auspol
Incredible alpine flora and an #auroraaustralis at sunrise? Lutruwita / #Tasmania is truly one of the best places to experience the wonder of nature. Thanks to Benjamin Alldridge for this stunning image with us. 💚 #wildoz #scoparia
January 16, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Incredible alpine flora and an #auroraaustralis at sunrise? Lutruwita / #Tasmania is truly one of the best places to experience the wonder of nature. Thanks to Benjamin Alldridge for this stunning image with us. 💚 #wildoz #scoparia
🚨 #BREAKING: Shocking new revelations suggest mining giant Alcoa could be in breach of its mining exemption conditions in WA’s Northern Jarrah Forest, after a significant endangered black cockatoo nesting tree was found to have been impacted by mining activity. #westernaustralia #wildoz
Shocking revelations show Alcoa could be in breach…
The Exemption Order restricts mining activities within 10m of trees with hollows used by Baudin’s, Red-tailed, and Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos for breeding…
wilderness.org.au
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 AM
🚨 #BREAKING: Shocking new revelations suggest mining giant Alcoa could be in breach of its mining exemption conditions in WA’s Northern Jarrah Forest, after a significant endangered black cockatoo nesting tree was found to have been impacted by mining activity. #westernaustralia #wildoz
Protecting #forests is at the heart of our work. Community events help people connect with threatened forests and wildlife, and #volunteering is the next step. 🌳💚
Want to turn your care for nature into action? Join us as a volunteer & help protect wild places: wilderness.org.au/volunteer-with-us
Want to turn your care for nature into action? Join us as a volunteer & help protect wild places: wilderness.org.au/volunteer-with-us
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Protecting #forests is at the heart of our work. Community events help people connect with threatened forests and wildlife, and #volunteering is the next step. 🌳💚
Want to turn your care for nature into action? Join us as a volunteer & help protect wild places: wilderness.org.au/volunteer-with-us
Want to turn your care for nature into action? Join us as a volunteer & help protect wild places: wilderness.org.au/volunteer-with-us
Ready to hop into the new year more organised than ever?
We still have some of our 2026 calendars left, featuring stunning nature photographs from across Australia, like this yellow-footed rock wallaby at Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.
👉 Order today: wilderness.org.au/2026-calendar #wildoz
We still have some of our 2026 calendars left, featuring stunning nature photographs from across Australia, like this yellow-footed rock wallaby at Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.
👉 Order today: wilderness.org.au/2026-calendar #wildoz
January 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Ready to hop into the new year more organised than ever?
We still have some of our 2026 calendars left, featuring stunning nature photographs from across Australia, like this yellow-footed rock wallaby at Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.
👉 Order today: wilderness.org.au/2026-calendar #wildoz
We still have some of our 2026 calendars left, featuring stunning nature photographs from across Australia, like this yellow-footed rock wallaby at Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.
👉 Order today: wilderness.org.au/2026-calendar #wildoz
In the newest edition of Wilderness Journal, we visit Judy and Geoff Lambert, who share stories from a life of environmental activism. Plus we unearth an unpublished book by Edith Jean Walker & tell the story of the world's tallest Christmas tree.
📖 Read it today: www.wilderness.org.au/journal-42
📖 Read it today: www.wilderness.org.au/journal-42
Wilderness Journal #042
Wilderness Journal #042
www.wilderness.org.au
January 6, 2026 at 2:46 AM
In the newest edition of Wilderness Journal, we visit Judy and Geoff Lambert, who share stories from a life of environmental activism. Plus we unearth an unpublished book by Edith Jean Walker & tell the story of the world's tallest Christmas tree.
📖 Read it today: www.wilderness.org.au/journal-42
📖 Read it today: www.wilderness.org.au/journal-42
The Wilderness Society is working alongside the Yerkala Mirning to secure World Heritage recognition for the stunning #Nullarbor and #GreatAustralianBight.
If you haven't already, you can add your name to the call to protect the Nullarbor & Bight: wilderness.org.au/bight-nullarbor
#conservation
If you haven't already, you can add your name to the call to protect the Nullarbor & Bight: wilderness.org.au/bight-nullarbor
#conservation
January 5, 2026 at 2:50 AM
The Wilderness Society is working alongside the Yerkala Mirning to secure World Heritage recognition for the stunning #Nullarbor and #GreatAustralianBight.
If you haven't already, you can add your name to the call to protect the Nullarbor & Bight: wilderness.org.au/bight-nullarbor
#conservation
If you haven't already, you can add your name to the call to protect the Nullarbor & Bight: wilderness.org.au/bight-nullarbor
#conservation
A Mithaka cultural landscape in the Channel Country is now on the National Heritage List, recognising thousands of years of living culture. Home to endemic species and some of the last free-flowing desert rivers on Earth, this Country has long been protected by Mithaka Traditional Owners.
‘Remarkable’ Mithaka cultural landscape featuring Australia’s oldest houses placed on national heritage list
Aboriginal site featuring ancient quarry sits on transcontinental trading route connecting Gulf of Carpentaria to Flinde
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A Mithaka cultural landscape in the Channel Country is now on the National Heritage List, recognising thousands of years of living culture. Home to endemic species and some of the last free-flowing desert rivers on Earth, this Country has long been protected by Mithaka Traditional Owners.
🚨 Yesterday the Albanese government opened a huge new area of Victoria and Lutruwita / Tasmania’s oceans to seismic blasting & gas drilling—right next to World Heritage coastline. 🔥 New gas is a climate disaster. Next to World Heritage coastline it’s a double disaster.
#oilandgas #auspol #climate
#oilandgas #auspol #climate
December 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🚨 Yesterday the Albanese government opened a huge new area of Victoria and Lutruwita / Tasmania’s oceans to seismic blasting & gas drilling—right next to World Heritage coastline. 🔥 New gas is a climate disaster. Next to World Heritage coastline it’s a double disaster.
#oilandgas #auspol #climate
#oilandgas #auspol #climate
We’re going to court over plans to log native forest in the Huon Valley in Lutruwita / #Tasmania, one of the last remaining breeding strongholds for critically endangered swift parrots. Hear more about the case from Tasmanian Campaigns Manager, Alice Hardinge. #swiftparrot #wildoz
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
We’re going to court over plans to log native forest in the Huon Valley in Lutruwita / #Tasmania, one of the last remaining breeding strongholds for critically endangered swift parrots. Hear more about the case from Tasmanian Campaigns Manager, Alice Hardinge. #swiftparrot #wildoz
The legendary Franklin River, #Lutruwita / #Tasmania, where the movement to stop a destructive dam brought thousands together. Peaceful protest won & the Wilderness Society was born.
🗓️ This image features in our 2026 calendar—every one sold helps protect nature: www.wilderness.org.au/calendar-2026
🗓️ This image features in our 2026 calendar—every one sold helps protect nature: www.wilderness.org.au/calendar-2026
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The legendary Franklin River, #Lutruwita / #Tasmania, where the movement to stop a destructive dam brought thousands together. Peaceful protest won & the Wilderness Society was born.
🗓️ This image features in our 2026 calendar—every one sold helps protect nature: www.wilderness.org.au/calendar-2026
🗓️ This image features in our 2026 calendar—every one sold helps protect nature: www.wilderness.org.au/calendar-2026
Join us as we travel the Franklin with the new generation of Wilderness Society campaigners, explorers and activists in our latest 50th Anniversary special Wilderness Journal. Wild then, wild now, wild forever. #tasmania #franklinriver #wildoz
📖 Read it here: www.wilderness.org.au/journal-41
📖 Read it here: www.wilderness.org.au/journal-41
Wilderness Journal #041
Wilderness Journal #041
www.wilderness.org.au
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Join us as we travel the Franklin with the new generation of Wilderness Society campaigners, explorers and activists in our latest 50th Anniversary special Wilderness Journal. Wild then, wild now, wild forever. #tasmania #franklinriver #wildoz
📖 Read it here: www.wilderness.org.au/journal-41
📖 Read it here: www.wilderness.org.au/journal-41
Forestry Corporation of NSW is failing NSW's native forests, and threatened species like greater gliders are paying the price. 🚨 New analysis shows huge discrepancies between the agency's glider habitat surveys and those done by citizen scientists before logging begins. #nswpol #wildoz
'Absolute madness': Environment groups decry glider survey results
New data points to the "systemic" under-reporting of greater glider dens within areas earmarked for logging in NSW, which scientists say could result in localised extinctions.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Save 20% on our 2026 calendar this Green Friday! 🗓️ Celebrate people power and beautiful Australian nature with our special 50th anniversary edition. 💚
🌏 Every calendar sold helps protect Australia’s wild places for generations to come: wilderness.org.au/gf-sale
#wildoz #australia #conservation
🌏 Every calendar sold helps protect Australia’s wild places for generations to come: wilderness.org.au/gf-sale
#wildoz #australia #conservation
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Save 20% on our 2026 calendar this Green Friday! 🗓️ Celebrate people power and beautiful Australian nature with our special 50th anniversary edition. 💚
🌏 Every calendar sold helps protect Australia’s wild places for generations to come: wilderness.org.au/gf-sale
#wildoz #australia #conservation
🌏 Every calendar sold helps protect Australia’s wild places for generations to come: wilderness.org.au/gf-sale
#wildoz #australia #conservation
📢 After decades of pressure to fix Australia’s ailing nature laws, the Albanese government has struck a deal with the Greens to amend them.
The reforms will increase scrutiny of logging & land clearing—and finally remove key #deforestation loopholes. #auspol
👉 www.wilderness.org.au/nature-law-news
The reforms will increase scrutiny of logging & land clearing—and finally remove key #deforestation loopholes. #auspol
👉 www.wilderness.org.au/nature-law-news
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
📢 After decades of pressure to fix Australia’s ailing nature laws, the Albanese government has struck a deal with the Greens to amend them.
The reforms will increase scrutiny of logging & land clearing—and finally remove key #deforestation loopholes. #auspol
👉 www.wilderness.org.au/nature-law-news
The reforms will increase scrutiny of logging & land clearing—and finally remove key #deforestation loopholes. #auspol
👉 www.wilderness.org.au/nature-law-news
#Forests of any age are vital for wildlife and #climate, but they’re not interchangeable.
Destroying a mature, carbon-dense forest can’t be offset by vegetation thickening elsewhere, and releases up to 120× more emissions per hectare than newer forests can absorb. 🌳🌏
Destroying a mature, carbon-dense forest can’t be offset by vegetation thickening elsewhere, and releases up to 120× more emissions per hectare than newer forests can absorb. 🌳🌏
Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’
Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent t
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Just 40 minutes from Nipaluna/Hobart, you'll find the spectacular #forests of the Huon Valley. 🌳🍃These forests store immense amounts of carbon & support some of Australia’s most iconic species. But they're under threat.
👉 More: wilderness.org.au/iconic-places/tasmanias-forests #tasmania #wildoz
👉 More: wilderness.org.au/iconic-places/tasmanias-forests #tasmania #wildoz
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM