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Greenfest 09 was a fantastic family day out. The weather was great and everyone who visited the stall seemed happy and relaxed.
Virtually all the visitors to our stall signed our campaign letter to end land clearing and expand the system of national parks in Queensland. We now have over 250 letters to send to Premier Bligh.
Read more to see photos from the event
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Help! Your planet needs you this World Environment Day.
With World Environment Day around the corner, citizens across the globe are preparing for this years World Environment Day theme of “Your Planet Needs You - Unite to Combat Climate Change“.
One way to celebrate World Environment Day and endorse the theme is to participate in Greenfest from June 5 to 7 in Brisbane’s Botanic Gardens. Continued…
GIVE AWAY FINISHED
The Sydney Opera House has generously offered five double passes to give away for ClientEarth - a Luminous festival event that features a lively discussion on the environment, the law and social change. These passes will go to the first five people who respond to online@wwf.org.au with the correct answer to the following question: “What is the important climate change event happening in Copenhagen this December 2009?” Continued…
Here is the latest on some conservation news:
Today a new conservation zone of nearly 1,000,000 square kilometers has been created to protect the Coral Sea.
“The Coral Sea is one of the world’s healthiest marine wilderness areas, where it is still possible to see healthy populations of sharks, turtles, whales, fish and coral - all of which are big draw-card for tourists,” said Lydia Gibson, WWF’s Marine Policy Manager.
Declaring the area a conservation zone is an important step towards creating a marine protected area.
Read more about the Coral Sea being declared a conservation zone here
Greg Bourne, WWF-Australia’s CEO, recently travelled to Antarctica. He was amazed by what he saw and documented his travels for all of us to see his experience. However, as much as his trip was full of adventure, one message was clear - “we need to act now on climate change”.
At the end of the year one of the most important meetings for our planet will take place in Copenhagen. The United Nations Climate Change Conference will be attended by the world’s leaders, who will negotiate a post-Kyoto Protocol agreement to tackle climate change. WWF will be creating a campaign for this important event so keep a look out for any news.
A few of our supporters have recently sent questions on our decision to support the proposed changes to the CPRS. Please know that it was not a decision made in haste, but one based on sound science, as well as consultation with key WWF offices around the globe.
As supporters of WWF, we take your concerns to heart and we have tried to outline the reasons behind our decision in the letter attached.
It’s great to see people are putting their time, their support and are passionate about this subject and our future.
WWF’s Sydney Governors invite you to a special film screening of Mountain Gorilla, directed by Adrian Warren, at IMAX Theatre Sydney, Darling Harbour On Tuesday 26th May, 6pm.
Named Outstanding Film Documentary by the Genesis Awards (the major award for works about animal issues), Mountain Gorilla takes us to a remote range of volcanic mountains in Africa, described by those who have been there as “one of the most beautiful places in the world”, and home to the few hundred remaining mountain gorillas. In spending a day with a gorilla family in the mountain forest, audiences will be captivated by these intelligent and curious animals, as they eat, sleep, play and interact with each other. Although gorillas have been much-maligned in our popular culture, viewers will finally “meet the legend” face to face, and learn about their uncertain future.
Drinks will be served prior to the film and raffle prizes include an amazing 9-day Primates of Rwanda small group wildlife adventure with Peregrine Adventures and sketch by Australian artist Lisa Roet.
For tickets and additional information, visit the WWF-Australia online shop!
WWF-Australia’s Threatened Species Conservation Officer Ryan Collins was recently involved in Australia’s largest release of captive bred brush-tailed rock wallabies:
They’re cute, bouncy, and they rock! No they’re not the latest boyband, they are brush-tailed rock wallabies. And they’re heading into an extinction vortex, whereby if nothing is done to pull them out, they will cease to exist - if only the same could be said for boybands! Continued…
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