by forestadmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Media Release, News, Northern Jarrah Forests
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 forestadmin | Jan 24, 2025 | Forest Matters, News
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....
by forestadmin | Dec 12, 2024 | News, Northern Jarrah Forests, Resources
Rehabilitation does not restore the Jarrah forest after bauxite mining. Independent studies now confirm this. It’s time to end mining expansions and protect the remaining forest for life. The Northern Jarrah Forests are some of Earth’s most beautiful yet vulnerable...
by forestadmin | Dec 5, 2024 | News
US bauxite miner Alcoa’s mine site rehabilitation efforts in the Northern Jarrah Forests have been slammed by Western Australia’s leading scientists and conservation organisations. A recent independent scientific assessment has given Alcoa only 2-stars for its...
by forestadmin | Aug 3, 2023 | News
Alcoa is reapplying for a license to transport and treat PFAS contaminated water at its Willowdale mine site near Dwellingup after seriously mismanaging the process of dealing with the ‘forever chemical’ last year. WAFA encourages everyone with an...
by forestadmin | Jun 22, 2023 | News
On Monday the 19th of June, late in the afternoon, Alcoa announced a new mining exclusion zone around Dwellingup. Perhaps Alcoa expected people to be grateful and relieved that it was ‘giving back’ 8,334 ha of its 720,000 ha lease area. Perhaps if it...
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