Wilderness Society
The Wilderness Society (TWS) is an Australian not-for-profit organization that aims to protect, preserve or restore Australia's natural wilderness. It is an organization that is not committed to the content of a political party.
history
The society developed from the organization The Tasmanian Wilderness Society , which organized protests against the planned dams of the state Hydro-Electric Commission in Tasmania in the early 1970s. This Wilderness Society emerged from the experiences of this resistance and was recruited from people who protested against the construction of the Lake Pedder Dam in 1972 without being able to prevent the construction. The Tasmanian Wilderness Society then worked with the United Tasmania Group , the world's first “ Green Party ”. In the case of the second HEC project, which was to lead to the construction of the Franklin Dam on the Gordon River in southwest Tasmania, the protest was organized by the HEC, which was founded in 1976. This protest led to the fact that the construction of the Franklin Dam could be prevented.
The Gunns concern of the Australian timber industry sued the Supreme Court in Melbourne against the formation of this society .
aims
According to its own statements, the association pursues long-term goals and intends to preserve the original landscape of Australia. The Society is dedicated to the following issues: No destruction of historic forest landscapes and protection of endangered animals, protection of the river landscapes in Queensland and the Cape York Peninsula and support of the anti-nuclear power movement .
A well-known representative of the association is Bob Brown , who was elected director in 1978. Brown was elected to the Tasmanian Parliament for the Tasmanian Greens in 1983 and later to the Australian Parliament as a Senator for the Australian Greens .
The association is financed, among other sources such as membership fees and donations, through the sale of calendars and posters by well-known Australian photographers.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Wilderness Society - Australia , accessed January 10, 2010
- ^ Australia's forests - The Wilderness Society , accessed January 10, 2010
- ↑ Help us protect Cape York Peninsula's Wild Rivers ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 10, 2010
- ↑ The Wilderness Society - Cape York Peninsula ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 10, 2010
- ↑ Yes! to Nuclear Free Australia ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 10, 2010
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Individual evidence