Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Wilderness Society Update


Amelia Young from The Wilderness Society came into the JOY studios to give an update on happenings over the last two months.

The update includes:

  • The success of the Warburton Rally

  • How logging affects our Water Storage Areas

  • The East Gippsland Forest Campaign

  • Brown Mountain

  • Successful Action on the steps of Parliament

  • Long-footed potoroo – endangered species

  • Old-growth forests are our richest and safest carbon banks – but only if we don’t log them

  • International work – Their campaign delegation has just returned from Posnan, Poland, latest round of climate talks

  • A chat with Gavan McFadzean, The Wilderness Society’s Victorian Campaigns Manager who has just returned from the climate negotiations in Posnan.

  • TWS Christmas Gifts online

Click here to listen to the interview.

For more information, please visit http://www.wilderness.org.au/

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