by WA Forest Alliance | Feb 21, 2025 | Media Releases, Northern Jarrah Forests, Updates
Conservation groups are outraged that American bauxite miner Alcoa has received approval from WA’s Environmental Protection Authority to amend parts of their mining expansion proposal in the Northern Jarrah Forest. As part of the amendments, Alcoa now has approval to...
by WA Forest Alliance | Feb 19, 2025 | Northern Jarrah Forests, Updates
In a show of strength, passionate community members gathered today outside South32’s headquarters in the heart of Boorloo/Perth’s CBD on Whadjuk Noongar boodja. The snap action, coordinated by the Western Australian Forest Alliance and The Wilderness Society, was a...
by WA Forest Alliance | Feb 17, 2025 | Better Fire Management, Media Releases, Updates
Over 150 giant Tingle and Karri trees have collapsed after a prescribed burn next door to the famed Valley of the Giants Treetop Walk. The ‘Giants East’ forest block was ignited in late December by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). A...
by WA Forest Alliance | Feb 12, 2025 | Media Releases, Northern Jarrah Forests, Updates
Media release from the End Forest Mining Alliance Federal Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek has approved a proposal by South32 that would see thousands of hectares of WA’s Jarrah forest, found nowhere else on Earth, destroyed for bauxite mining. The decision gives...
by WA Forest Alliance | Jan 24, 2025 | Updates
Welcome to the January edition of Forest Matters. The WA Government is celebrating the biggest expansion of conservation areas in Australia’s history – an extra 6.5 million hectares of unique landscapes, culture, wildlife and plants for future generations....
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