Save Gelorup

17/12/2024

UPDATE: While the online version of the petition to Parliament has closed, the hardcopy version remains open until April 2025. To download a copy that you can print out to gather signatures from your network, see here: bit.ly/PB-Petition

And to protect the Southwest's threatened Tingle forests from prescribed burning please see links in the comments.

Original post:
Last day to add your voice for the forests! Support the call for critically-important changes that will protect Southwest wildlife and vulnerable ecosystems from prescribed burning, while safeguarding communities more effectively with strengthened early detection and rapid suppression firefighting capabilities. Sign the online petition to Parliament closing today here: bit.ly/PB-Petition

The petition calls on the WA Government to:
✅ Fund new early detection and rapid suppression technology to extinguish bushfires quickly
✅ Protect fire-sensitive species and ecosystems like Peatlands, Wandoo and Tingles and develop adequate habitat refuges for wildlife, to maintain biodiversity
✅ Cease the current policy of torching 200,000 hectares per year in southwest WA and develop a modern and strategic management policy that protects people and their properties while also minimising the impacts on native animals and their habitats.

🔥Add your voice today before the chance closes at: bit.ly/PB-Petition

05/10/2023

I've voted every day and today is the last chance. Please get behind this to raise the profile of our iconic back cocky!!!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/sep/25/australian-bird-of-the-year-2023-vote-the-guardian-bird-life-australia-poll?fbclid=IwAR17uKATtBb1FdMTPH14kuFOq2UPsEbcX23yoR1H9uxjALvbdVmckjrCQFo

URGENT: Today is the last day to cast your vote for the Carnaby's Black Cockatoo in Australia's favourite bird poll. Today is the most important day as the counting restarts at zero. All other rounds have knocked out the other birds. Please cast your vote even if you have voted in earlier rounds. The Carnaby is up against some tough completion with huge groups getting behind the popular swift parrot, the gang gang and the tawny frogmouth. They are all worthy recipients but our Carnaby's really need a hand. As a WA bird they don't have the national profile and they are heading for extinction. Let's help lift their profile. Let's make Carnaby's number 1. Vote link in the comments below.

01/10/2023

https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/actions/fix-australias-environment-law/

Australia’s national environment law must urgently be fixed. It’s meant to protect our natural environment – and the people, communities, animals, and ecosystems which rely on it – from harm. But right now, it does not directly address the biggest threat our environment faces: climate change...

09/09/2023

This is an extraordinary story.
Anyone who cares about the environment should be questioning how a State independent body (EPA) can be influenced by a former Premier with heavy backing from high emission companies.

Is this acceptable?
What other important environmental objective have been compromised?

Not saying they have BUT the questions have to be asked as to how much political/lobbyist influence has on the outcomes we see for our environment?

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=317986087407049&id=100075869816445&mibextid=CDWPTG

The ABC can reveal details of an "extraordinary" phone call by Mark McGowan to the state's independent environmental protection boss in which he claims the former premier pressured him to drop tough new emissions guidelines.

25/08/2023

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=309977948207863&id=100075869816445&sfnsn=mo&mibextid=RUbZ1f

15/08/2023

Please follow this link to see the predicament then please help F.A.W.N.A Inc. by writing to Reece Whitby MLA the State Minister for environment and ask him to intervene to keep Black Cockatoos from the South West in the South West!
[email protected]
WIRES will let us keep the grant of $36k if we can convince DBCA by this Friday!
FAWNA needs People Power!



https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=684816703692740&id=100064932480327&mibextid=CDWPTG

FAWNA Inc is a volunteer wildlife rehabilitation organisation based in the south west of WA

12/08/2023

Dr. Sue Chapman's presentation to the Rally for Native Forests - Perth , an exceptional turnout today at Parliament House where hundreds of concerned environmental supporters came together to stand in solidarity for the cessation of logging our native forests and stronger protection for important habitats that continue to be destroyed by unsustainable mining and developments.
'We need leadership that puts our planet's health above all other things. The Actions all around Australia today are a wake up call, again, once more, yet again, Prime Minister Albanese and Minister for the Environment Tanya Plibersek - it's about time you bloody listened.
We are asking you to stop all logging... no ifs, no buts and no exceptions"

Bob Brown Foundation
Nannas for Native Forests WA Forest Alliance
The Wilderness Society WA
Black Cockatoo Movement
South West Forest Defenders
Black Cockatoo Crisis

11/08/2023

A fantastic turnout today in Bunbury supporting the Australia wide action for Native Forests.
Well done Nannas for Native Forests for being a part of the coordinating team at today's Black Cockatoo gathering beneath Marlston Hill Tower. 🤍🖤❤️🌳💚🌿.

Tomorrow's Rally for Native Forests - 11am at Parliament House - will be a great opportunity to show support for the cause, that Australia must collectively cease logging and protect our remaining native forests.



https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=691279999707634&id=100064769198438&mibextid=ZbWKwL

03/08/2023

Coming up Next week.....

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=681398667358345&id=100064646531702&sfnsn=mo&mibextid=RUbZ1f

Join the call for a nationwide end to native forest logging! The Bob Brown Foundation is holding a series of rallies across the country - the Perth Forest Rally will be held at 11am, Parliament House on Sat 12th August. In WA we need to ensure our remaining forests are securely protected from mining by the creation of new national parks, and to protect endangered species like the black cockatoos from habitat destruction.

If you’re in the South West come along to the event by Save the Black Cockatoos and the Nannas for Native Forests - they will be creating a Giant Black Cockatoo from umbrellas to draw attention to the plight of these endangered birds and their role as umbrella species. Protecting their forest and woodland habitat has a flow-on effect for other threatened flora and fauna.

🌳 Giant Black Cockatoo: Bunbury, 10.30am on Friday the 11th August at the Marlston Lookout Tower. Please register - we need at least 50 people and organisers need to know numbers so they can plan the cockatoo formation https://www.facebook.com/events/1009534583422479

🌳🌳 Perth Forests Rally: 11am-12.30pm, Saturday 12th August at Parliament House bit.ly/BBF-ForestRally-Perth More info on the national actions on the Defend the Giants website: https://defendthegiants.org/

🌳🌳🌳 See you there!

30/07/2023

Today is National Tree Day.

In memory of all the trees destroyed for the Bunbury Outer Ring Road I’ve compiled a selection of images for trees that are no longer here. They lay as piles of mulch.
August the 1st will be the 1 year anniversary of the start of the destruction of the Gelorup Corridor.
This time last year we walked with Bob Brown through this Woodland.

How glorious they were.💚🌿

17/07/2023

Help us out...let's all come together to form a giant Black Cockatoo.
The three species seen in the remains of the Gelorup Corridor - the Baudins, Carnaby and Forest Red Tail are all listed as endangered...
Help us all raise awareness of their plight as Forests and Woodlands - their roosting foraging and breeding habitats - are continuing to be destroyed.

Save the date! The N4NF are excited to invite everyone to join us at this special event in Goomburrup / Bunbury with Save the Black Cockatoos!

In action to protect WA's three threatened species of Black Cockatoos and highlight the need to save forest and woodland habitat we'll be using umbrellas to form a giant Black Cockatoo and capturing the shape of this fun community demonstration from above.

As part of the Bob Brown Foundation's 3 days of nationwide actions, and in the wake of local habitat destruction at Gelorup, we'll be sending a strong message to protect our forests across the country for wildlife and water, climate and communities.

So join us in calling for protection of our , precious woodlands, and critical habitat of threatened species:

☂️ August 11th, 10.30am
☂️ Marlston Lookout Tower

🌳 Please RSVP at bit.ly/BunburyCockatoo for more details and bring a black umbrella if you have one.
FB event here: https://fb.me/e/tblHSHq6f?mibextid=Gg3lNB

SouthWest Environment Centre F.A.W.N.A Inc. Black Cockatoo Crisis Save Gelorup South West Eco-Alliance Leschenault Catchment Council Defend the Black Cockatoos Of Wilson Park boodja Southwest GeoCatch Bunbury Climate Action, Sustainability & Eco-Warriors Build A Better BORR Southwest Black-Cockatoo Recovery Community Busselton-Dunsborough Environment Centre Inc Quokka Rescue Bunbury Wildlife Park Wildlife Care Bunbury

16/07/2023

https://facebook.com/events/s/rally-for-native-forests-perth/820114869468990/?mibextid=Gg3lNB