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Wilderness Society Tasmania

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25.01.2022 UPDATE: The Supreme Court has very kindly agreed to stream proceedings tomorrow from Court 1 into Court 2 to create extra seating capacity so people can watch proceedings. (Thank you, Supreme Court clerks.) There's still not a huge number of seats - about 20 - so it will be first come, first served. The hearing tomorrow will be from 10am to 4pm. You can come and help wave some banners before the hearing if you like. ... Previous post: We're in Tasmania's Supreme Court this Friday to keep World Heritage wilderness public, beautiful and unprivatised. We're talking to the Court about creating extra capacity so that people can watch proceedings. Will post updates here as soon as there are any. Group taking this case is @WildernessSocietyTasmania, Tasmanian National Parks Association and two individuals. And Fishers & Walkers Against Helicopter Access Tasmania are doing a beautiful job of supporting us all. For wilderness!

25.01.2022 Reality vs spin. Here's the text of the UNESCO decision about the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. And here's the Tasmanian Government's official response - which doesn't address *any* of the issues raised by UNESCO. ... Not. A. Single. One. Apparently the Tasmanian Government also wants the island to be a global 'eco tourism' destination... #StopParksPrivatisation

24.01.2022 We're not far off $20,000 - which is excellent in less than two weeks. Nice work people. On track to reach $60,000 by November to fund campaign and legal costs - Supreme Court hearing on Friday *this week*! bit.ly/WildernessDefenceFund... #ParksNotProfits

23.01.2022 Exactly the same jarring juxtaposition in Tassie as in Victoria of protected high conservation value forests next door to exactly the same high conservation value forests that are still being logged. We can & must protect these forests - and get our wood & paper from plantations. That's the future. Forest Stewardship Council - FSC Australia & New Zealand

23.01.2022 In 50 years' time, at the current rate, how much of Tasmania's prime and pristine nature reserve land could be privatised? Thousands of hectares of public land are quietly being privatised at the exclusion of YOU, the public, its owner.

22.01.2022 This event will stream live to Facebook here this evening. Please tune in, have a listen and you can ask any of the speakers anything you like.

21.01.2022 There's never been an event like this where all Tasmania's threatened reserves - and the local communities protecting them - come together. 12 organisations and individuals - and counting...

21.01.2022 Try to step away from your computer today...

20.01.2022 Woohoo! Just added another group to this haul - Friends of Rosny Hill Network joining the line-up. (Like the wider Rosny community, they're very nice people. And they're angry.) More groups to come... ... bit.ly/RORTasmania

20.01.2022 Another group has joined this line-up at City Hall on December 10 - another group fighting to keep public reserved land for people and nature. That group is RITE: Reimagine the End - as in Arm End www.rite.org.au #ReclaimOurReserves ... #TassieLandGrab See more

18.01.2022 Just 5% of Tasmania’s once iconic giant kelp forests remain. But a passionate team of scientists might have a solution. Read more wilderness.org.au/the_lost_world This article was featured in our monthly Wilderness Journal. Sign up for our e-journal & discover stories of natural wonders like this ... wilderness.org.au/nature_e-journal See more

17.01.2022 Talking of the golden goose, as we do in lutruwita/Tasmania... They hang the man and flog the woman That steal the goose from off the common, But let the greater villain loose... That steals the common from the goose. English folk poem, c.1764

16.01.2022 Latest Wilderness Journal is out - and it's a ripper. Highlights: JadinyA film by Marlikka Perdrisat... The Future of Nature by Sylvie King A love letter to nature by Kitty Callaghan Enjoy!

16.01.2022 This was in the The Mercury Newspaper yesterday. The amazing Robyn McNcol, her band of reimagineers and Arm End Reserve is one of the many reserves that will be highlighted at the Reclaim Our Reserves event on Dec 10. bit.ly/RORTasmania Another piece of prime public land that's being messed around with against the wishes of the local community, who have much better plans for its custodianship.

16.01.2022 What is the future for our bees in Tassie? Join our panel of apiary, conservation & farming experts for a LIVE discussion about what the future holds for bees, honey, leatherwood and farming in Tasmania.

15.01.2022 As Australia's only island state, lutruwita / Tasmania has a special relationship with the sea. But climate change is wreaking havoc on our marine life. The government is not making things better - it's knowingly making things worse. They need to know that business as usual is killing us. ... Decarbonising Australia is a massive opportunity to make things better than they are now.

15.01.2022 9 and counting. Another speaker added - we're honoured that esteemed Tasmanian conservationist Sarah Lloyd OAM will speak at the Reclaim Our Reserves event about the prospect of prime bird habitat Westbury Reserve being 'developed' out of existence.

14.01.2022 This "Unlocking the potential in our parks" - ie parks privatisation policy - has disappeared from the internet. Does it still stand? Its cover photo does. Better to encourage regenerative tourism ventures in regional Tasmanian communities instead of privatising national parks and excluding everyone else to make way for the 1%. ... #ReclaimOurReserves >>> bit.ly/RORTasmania

14.01.2022 Few people in Tasmania or beyond know more or are as passionate about wilderness as the legendary wilderness photographer Grant Dixon. Remind yourself just how beautiful Tasmanian wilderness truly is by checking out Grant's new book, Winter Light.

13.01.2022 BREAKING: We've updated our barometer cos we've reached over $14,000 in donations in a matter of days! People standing up for & digging deep to keep World Heritage & national parks public, thriving & unspoiled. For the many, not just the few. Thank you. ... bit.ly/WildernessDefenceFund

13.01.2022 When you see big old tassie trees like this being taken from public state native forests remember 1. Your taxes subsidise un-commercial loss-making native forest industry (in contrast with profits-rich plantations sector) 2. This is just as ethical as logging forests in the Amazon, Congo and Borneo - tassie’s forests are part of the global commonwealth of forests - we’ve never needed all forests left intact more than now 3. This wood is as ethical as ivory

12.01.2022 After another salmon breach - which is a pollution event - here's the reality hidden out of sight. Surely not another example of 'Brand Tasmania' being just another marketing opportunity, in contrast with the reality on land and... underwater...? Compelling evidence for aquaculture to move on shore.... And there's an invite from Neighbours of Fish Farming for anyone to come and see if for themselves. https://neighboursoffishfarming.org.au/all-about-us/

12.01.2022 Would you be surprised if Tassie's bee populations collapsed as is happening world-wide? Or that some apiarists think this is only a matter of time? Meanwhile, Tas Govt continues to log Tassie's single most important plant for bees and agriculture, leatherwood trees? ... Find out more this Thursday. You might bee shocked...

11.01.2022 We're backing it! That's our response to UNESCO saying that tourism developments inside the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area should be halted until an Aboriginal cultural heritage values assessment can be conducted. We're tried to include as many links and references as possible in our media release below to provide information, background and context on this issue.

11.01.2022 Kudos to Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania Planning Matters Tasmania & its "pocket rocket" coordinator, Sophie Underwood, for significant accolade of winning Australia's national Planning Champion 2020 award from the Planning Institute of Australia Planning Institute of Australia PMAT doing huge public service of protecting Tasmanian way of live, for the community's right to have a say and fighting to keep Tasmanian places special against state-sponsored exploitation and '...development', which it's right to summarise in one word: greed. https://mailchi.mp//pmat-action-pls-contact-your-local-gov Photo: Tasmanian Times

10.01.2022 We're in Tasmania's Supreme Court today, fighting to keep Tasmania's public World Heritage wilderness for the many, not just the few. More than 2,300 of you wonderful people signed on to a letter asking Enviro Minister Sussan Lay to put Australia's international obligations to protect and respect World Heritage values first when she considers the proposed helicopter-accessed luxury accommodation a developer wants to build at Lake Malbena, inside Tasmania's World Heritage-lis...ted Walls of Jerusalem National Park. Public submissions open on this proposal soon - and we'll be sure to let you know when! https://www.themercury.com.au//dad44c568029d3aca12900d19fb bit.ly/WildernessDefenceFund Fishers & Walkers Against Helicopter Access Tasmania Tasmanian National Parks Association

09.01.2022 As the legendary Tassie beekeeper and dearly departed Bob 'The Beeman' Davey always used to say "No leatherwood, no bees. No bees, no food." But Tassie's govt is still logging leatherwood. It's beyond crazy. Event referred to at the end of this article from today's Mercury is happening tonight: bit.ly/Beecline

09.01.2022 Bioluminescent phytoplankton is pretty - but should come with a health warming: It's an eerie omen of climate change and fish-farm pollution. High-five to one of the best science communicators - and scientists - in the state, Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin - combination of passion, expertise and great use of language is a rare and precious thing. Thank you, Lisa-ann.

08.01.2022 Hey Tasmanian Labor! You have an opportunity to stand up for local people, for local communities and people who are already at the sharp end of a planning system that makes it almost impossible for us to make our voices heard, especially if you don't have much in way of resources. Please use this link to tell Labor to do the right thing. ... Nothing less than the Tasmanian way of life is at stake. See more

08.01.2022 This article starts off on the Reef but finishes on the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area - with the prospect of both ending up on the World Heritage Committee's in-danger list... #StopParksPrivatisation

08.01.2022 Check out Australian Story at 8pm tnite - it’s about regenerative farming with Charles Massy - author of Call of the Reed Warbler... (Psst! It’s UN decade of ecosystem restoration...)

07.01.2022 Australia has been facing the loss of its natural places for a very long time. Last summer’s bushfires should act as a big wake up call. WATCH Wild Australia: After The Fires TONIGHT 8.30PM AEST Australia has the opportunity to no longer be the extinction nation. ... We can work not just towards bushfire recovery, but environmental health, so that we can lessen the shocks of this kind of event happening again.

07.01.2022 Date for your diaries - 6pm, Thursday 8 July. Public briefing on the World Heritage Committee's recent call for an effective moratorium on tourism developments within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Location, ticket & online details to follow.

07.01.2022 24 people - mainly children and elderly - arrested in Hobart today protesting the fact that policies of the Tasmanian and Australian governments continue to knowingly make the extinction and climate crises worse - not better - during the crises of our lives. Dead Sea March focused on the seas around Tasmania dying: 95% of kelp forests gone... smooth handfish gone derwent sea star gone aquaculture-fueled algal blooms (yum!) marine dead zones sea-bed deserts world-leading pollution of Derwent River and estuary invasive species (NB: First rule of government = do no harm ) Massive kudos to lutruwita/Tasmania's rebels Extinction Rebellion XR Forest Guardians Tasmania Extinction Rebellion Tasmania

06.01.2022 Hard to see how Dept of State Growth hasn't broken the law - the Threatened Species Act 1995 and/or the Nature Conservation Act 2002 - by interfering with nesting hollows of this critically endangered species...

06.01.2022 Tasmanians are speaking. But Peter Gutwein has his fingers in his ears. He needs to listen and act - acting means changing the "unlock the parks" policy - they're already unlocked & public - and take World Heritage and national parks privatisation OFF THE TABLE.

05.01.2022 In 2015, a World Heritage-auspiced visit to lutruwita/Tasmania produced a report. State and Commonwealth governments repeatedly endorsed all 20 recommendations in the report - including that a comprehensive assessment of Aboriginal cultural heritage values be conducted - with the active involvement of the palawa, should they wish - within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area - by 2017! This was ignored and developments, including tourism developments, have continued. ... No wonder UNESCO is now saying that tourism developments should be paused so that the Aboriginal values assessment can be conducted first. We agree with UNESCO but reckon it'll be ignored like local communities across the island, who oppose parks privatisation but are ignored too.

05.01.2022 Beautiful story here about Jamie Graham-Blair - super-smart Tasmanian Aboriginal activist decolonising environmentalism. Go Jam! #LandJustice ... #WildernessISpalawa See more

04.01.2022 Dams, woodchips, fishfarms - now multi-billion Bass Strait cables. For an island that's supposed to be about quality not quantity, based on the arguments presented here, it's hard to see how 'Project Marinus' won't be another taxpayer-funded billion-dollar greenwashed white elephant...

04.01.2022 Have you read Aesop's fable about the golden goose? It's the story of our times, and is especially relevant to lutruwita/Tasmania. The fable is about greed and, as Aesop writes, the learning is this: "Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have."... Our golden egg is our pristine environment, which has wilderness at its heart. Will we accept we have plenty or demand more and lose what we already have?

02.01.2022 Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Areaa sanctuary for wildlife, a buffer against climate change, and is for all of us to enjoy. Last week, Minister Ley announced that the plan to privatise Halls Island in the World Heritage Area with luxury accommodation and helicopter access would be a controlled action and would be reassessedthis is a welcome development, thanks Minister Ley! During this assessment process it’s important the Federal Government keeps hearing from peopl...e like you that we don’t want our World Heritage Wilderness and national parks privatised and degraded. On 30 September will be sending Minister Ley a letter, will you add your name? https://www.wilderness.org.au/Malbena_Letter Image: @tabadge via @Wilderness_aus on Instagram

02.01.2022 Fighting with the World Heritage Committee - not a great look for an island that harbours aspirations to be a global 'eco tourism' destination. Here are the main questions that the Tasmanian Government still needs to answer in response to the World Heritage Committee's multiple "concerns" over the future of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. #StopParksPrivatisation ... Tasmanian National Parks Association Fishers & Walkers Tasmania

02.01.2022 Good start, @RogerJaensch. Can Gutwein Govt keep going on #LandJustice, #LandReturns and properly recognising lutruwita/Tasmania's Aboriginal people, the palawa? So much more to be done. ... Eg, Aboriginal community still being ignored over off-road tracks in takayana - so ppl can literally drive over ancient, ancient palawa cultural heritage. Cultural heritage concerns and opposition to Lake Malbena proposal completely ignored. Land - including forests - continues to be exploited without the permission of the palawa sought or given. Return of these petroglyphs should be process of justice for lutruwita/Tasmania's first peoples, not tokenism. #WildernessIsPalawa #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre

01.01.2022 Great shot by D Broun of Fishers & Walkers Against Helicopter Access Tasmania of vote on motion put at Miena meeting on Sunday. Wording was something like "Do you agree that the tourism EOI is rubbish?" - and everyone did. (Two arms were allowed if people STRONGLY agreed.) ... #Parks4PeopleAndNatureNotProfit