Wilderness Society
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Since 1976, the Wilderness Society has been powered by tens of thousands of Australians. Together we protect, sustain and restore nature.
🚨 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
#BREAKING: We are 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.
👉 Learn more: www.wilderness.org.au/swift-parrot-legal-case
#swiftparrot #wildoz #forests
👉 Learn more: www.wilderness.org.au/swift-parrot-legal-case
#swiftparrot #wildoz #forests
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
#BREAKING: We are 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.
👉 Learn more: www.wilderness.org.au/swift-parrot-legal-case
#swiftparrot #wildoz #forests
👉 Learn more: www.wilderness.org.au/swift-parrot-legal-case
#swiftparrot #wildoz #forests
Long-awaited changes to Australia’s nature laws have been introduced to Parliament today—instead of strengthening protections, they would weaken them.
👉 Read the Wilderness Society’s response here: wilderness.org.au/news-events/...
#auspol #naturelaws #environment #wildoz
👉 Read the Wilderness Society’s response here: wilderness.org.au/news-events/...
#auspol #naturelaws #environment #wildoz
October 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Long-awaited changes to Australia’s nature laws have been introduced to Parliament today—instead of strengthening protections, they would weaken them.
👉 Read the Wilderness Society’s response here: wilderness.org.au/news-events/...
#auspol #naturelaws #environment #wildoz
👉 Read the Wilderness Society’s response here: wilderness.org.au/news-events/...
#auspol #naturelaws #environment #wildoz
It’s #InternationalSawfishDay. Celebrate this remarkable species!
The Martuwarra / Fitzroy River is recognised as the world's last stronghold for the freshwater sawfish. It’s also a very important nursery, serving as a sanctuary for juveniles.
👉 Discover more wilderness.org.au/sawfishday
The Martuwarra / Fitzroy River is recognised as the world's last stronghold for the freshwater sawfish. It’s also a very important nursery, serving as a sanctuary for juveniles.
👉 Discover more wilderness.org.au/sawfishday
October 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
It’s #InternationalSawfishDay. Celebrate this remarkable species!
The Martuwarra / Fitzroy River is recognised as the world's last stronghold for the freshwater sawfish. It’s also a very important nursery, serving as a sanctuary for juveniles.
👉 Discover more wilderness.org.au/sawfishday
The Martuwarra / Fitzroy River is recognised as the world's last stronghold for the freshwater sawfish. It’s also a very important nursery, serving as a sanctuary for juveniles.
👉 Discover more wilderness.org.au/sawfishday
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
This is an incredible win for threatened species. Hear our campaigner Sam Szoke-Burke give an update on what this means for wildlife. #wildoz
September 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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
This is an incredible win for threatened species. Hear our campaigner Sam Szoke-Burke give an update on what this means for wildlife. #wildoz
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.
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.
Government required to create plan to protect greater glider in major legal win for Wilderness Society
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
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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
September 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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.
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.
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
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
September 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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
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
#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
These are some of the most carbon-dense #forests on Earth, quietly storing vast amounts of carbon & helping stabilise the climate. #botany
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
#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
These are some of the most carbon-dense #forests on Earth, quietly storing vast amounts of carbon & helping stabilise the climate. #botany
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
🔁 Help us spread the good news! #wildoz
September 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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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
September 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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...
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
This historic announcement will give koalas a fighting chance for a future. #GKNP
September 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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
This historic announcement will give koalas a fighting chance for a future. #GKNP
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
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
September 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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
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
September 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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
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
September 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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
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
📢 #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
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
September 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
📢 #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
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
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
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
September 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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
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