GREAT BARRIER REEF
Here at Save Our Woodlands we are doing everything in our power, personally and as an organisation. We are being as environmentally friendly as possible in our own homes - along with raising awareness, lobbying and raising funds to protect woodlands that are rapidly...
ECO-ANXIETY
It's hard not to be discouraged about the state of our global environment, isn't it? Like you, Save Our Woodlands volunteers have times when we are about ready to give up hope - when we wonder if any one is paying attention or cares. Thankfully between us, there is...
PEACEFUL PROTEST PLANNED
JOIN SAVE OUR WOODLANDS ON FRIDAY AUGUST 11th, 2023 WHY: Are you opposed to the industrialisation of our beautiful New England countryside? Are you concerned that a proposed wind farm will decimate 35,000 hectares of NSW woodlands? [LEARN MORE HERE.] Are you...
JULY 2023 HOTTEST ON RECORD
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRESJuly 2023 has already seen: The hottest three-week period ever recorded. The three hottest days on record. The highest-ever ocean temperatures for this time of year. It is still possible to avoid the very worst of...
AUSTRALIANS WANT EXTINCTIONS STOPPED
It's hard not to be discouraged about the state of our global environment, isn't it? Like you, Save Our Woodland volunteers have times when we are about ready to give up hope - when we wonder if any one is paying attention or cares. Thankfully between us, there is...
SPOTTED TAILED OR TIGER QUOLL
LISTED AS VULNERABLE IN NSWThe spotted-tailed quoll is listed as a vulnerable species in New South Wales. Its distribution and population have dramatically declined, and the animal is now found over a restricted range. In many cases, quolls are living in isolated...
WARNING BELLS ARE RINGING
We found this article gut-wrenching to read, yet thought-provoking and worthwhile. It includes many hard-to-hear truths - as it lists just a few of the weather and climate-related disasters the world is currently experiencing - or very recently experienced....
ARE WIND TURBINE BLADES RECYCLABLE?
LOOK UP - WAY UP The question is how renewable are the renewables? HOW LONG DO WIND TURBINES LAST? Good question. The best estimates and averages are that wind turbines last 30 years. Ten Mile Lagoon, west of Esperance, Western Australia was the first wind farm of...
DONKEYS PROTECTING SHEEP
Save Our Woodlands recently posted about studies showing that what were thought to be wild dogs are actually dingoes, a threatened species. And how unfortunately in many cases with the incorrect identification of dingoes, again a threatened species, dingoes are not...
SWEDISH PARLIAMENT EASES WAY FOR NUCLEAR POWER
At Save Our Woodlands we are doing - with YOUR help - everything in our power to preserve and enhance as much of the 15% of New South Wales woodlands that remain. We are also watching what the rest of the world is doing because we believe that it is going to take...
VIDEO: HOW HOT CAN IT GET?
THE ECONOMIST: May 25, 2023. Heatwaves are becoming more frequent, more intense and more deadly. But what is a heatwave, why are they so dangerous and how are they affected by climate change?WHAT DO YOU THINK? Join the conversation on our social media accounts.Save...
VIDEO: UN CHIEF ON CLIMATE
This video is disheartening at times, but important. Could there be anything more important for the future of our planet, for our children and their children than the protection and enhancement of the environment? TRADING THE FUTURE FOR A FEW PIECES OF SILVER...
DINGOES LISTED AS THREATENED BUT NOT PROTECTED
DNA TESTS SHOW MOST "WILD DOGS" ARE NATIVE DINGOESMarch 26, 2021 - scroll down for the results of another newer study.Almost all wild canines in Australia are genetically more than half dingo, a new study led by UNSW Sydney shows – suggesting that lethal measures to...
KOALAS ENDANGERED
IF WE CAN'T SAVE ICONIC KOALAS WHAT CHANCE DO LESSER KNOWN SPECIES HAVE?Koalas are listed as an endangered species on Australia’s east coast. Surely the survival of this international icon is worthy of a global effort.Queensland’s koala population has crashed by an...
HELP END ANIMAL EXTINCTION
YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED!Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate of any country in the world, and the catastrophic bushfires of 2019-20 impacted nearly 3 billion animals and have pushed many more of our precious wildlife on the fast-track towards...
FOREST BATHING
SO WHAT IS FOREST BATHING?Forest bathing, also known as Shinrin-yoku, is a practice that originated in Japan and has gained popularity worldwide as a form of nature therapy or ecotherapy. It involves immersing oneself in a forest or natural environment and mindfully...
HUMANS CAUSING 6TH MASS EXTINCTION
Almost half of the earth's animal species are currently declining, according to research led by Queen's University Belfast (QUB).[The study] found 48% of species on earth are currently undergoing population declines, with less than 3% increasing. Researchers said it...
LOGGERS TARGET KOALA NATIONAL PARK
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP STOP THIS?Forestry Corporation NSW plans show that over the next 12 months it intends to log 30,813 hectares of a total 175,000 hectares of state forests that fall within the boundaries of the proposed Great Koala National Park, home to one in...
People tend to think that woodlands are “just bush,” consequently, over 85% of the native woodlands in New South Wales, Australia have been replaced by agriculture.
Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate of any country in the world.
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