West Australian Forest Alliance

West Australian Forest Alliance

The West Australian Forest Alliance is an organization made up of a number of West Australian environmental activist groups—concerned with the destruction of Old Growth Forests in the South West region.It is a successor to and includes membership of the earlier groups the Campaign to Save Native Forests, South West Forests Defence Foundation, Great Walk Networking, and other member groups of the Conservation Council of Western Australia

Affiliated groups

As found on the WAFA website - (not all of the groups listed are still currently active in 2006).

* Augusta Margaret River Friends of the Forest
* Australian Conservation Foundation
* Balingup Friends of the Forest
* Blackwood Environment Society
* Bridgetown-Greenbushes Friends of the Forest ·
* Busselton Dunsborough Environment Centre
* Busselton Peace and Environment Group
* Collie Conservation Group
* Conservation Council of WA
* Darlington Adopt-A-Block
* Denmark Conservation Society
* Denmark Environment Centre
* D'Entrecasteaux Coalition
* Doctors for the Preservation of Old Growth Forest
* Earth
* Friends of the Blackwood Valley
* Friends of Giblett
* Friends of Jane
* Friends of Kingston
* Friends of the Tuart Forest
* Grassroots Activist Forest Alliance
* Greater Beedelup National Park Society
* Great Walk Networking
* Leeuwin Conservation Group
* Margaret River Environment Centre
* South Coast Environment Group
* South West Environment Centre ·
* South West Forests Defence Foundation
* The Wilderness Society of [http://www.wilderness.org.au/regions/wa/ WA]
* Warren Environment Group

ee also

*Woodchipping

Newsletter

* The Real forest news. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Forest Alliance, 1992-1995. Ed. 1 (Dec. 1992)-ed. 6 (Feb. 1995).
* Forest campaign bulletin. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Forest Alliance, 1994-
* Western Australian forest times. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Forest Alliance, 1999 irregular

References

* Crawford, Patricia, and Carwford, Ian (2003) "Contested country : a history of the Northcliffe area, Western Australia". Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 1920694005 "The Charles and Joy Stapes South West Region Publications Fund".
* Lines, William J. (2006) "Patriots : defending Australia's natural heritage" St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2006. ISBN 0-70223-554-7
* Schultz, Beth (1997) "Giblett Block. - W.A. Forest Alliance outlines the significance of this old growth forest and reasons for its preservation." Great walk news July 1997, p. 1-3,

External links

* http://www.wafa.org.au/


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