Media Releases

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Media Contact

In Australia: Barry Traill
2 Treehaven Way
Maleny. Qld. 4552
Mobile: 0448-793334
btraill@pewtrusts.org

In the United States: Veronica O'Connor
Senior Associate, Communications
Phone:1-202-540-6352
voconnor@pewtrusts.org
July 27, 2010 Outback Carbon Report Press Release

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June 23, 2010 Can oil exploration and marine life protection co-exist?

Produced by Carly Nason
While pictures of dying oil soaked birds and suffocated fish from America’s BP oil disaster continue to hit our screens, the Australian government is handing out leases for oil exploration in some of our most pristine marine ecosystems. But, 32 of Australia’s most prominent environmental organisations have now formed an alliance, calling for these environments to be protected. In this story - Michelle Grady, Marine Manager of the Pew Environment Group .
February 15, 2010 Western Australia's Underwater Marvels Revealed with New Technology

Save Our Marine Life, an alliance of leading environmental groups, and University of Western
Australia scientists, today released a new video that captures the amazing marine life of the relatively
unknown underwater canyons and submerged mountain ranges of Western Australia's southern
waters.

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October 05, 2009 Massive 'Green Carbon' Store in WA's Goldfields

Western Australia and national and global conservation groups have released new Australian National University Enterprises (ANU-E) research that finds that trees and soils in WA's Great Western Woodlands store and estimated 950 million tonnes of carbon -- equivalent to 50 times the state's annual greenhouse gas emissions.

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September 23, 2009 Landmark Agreements Conserve Indigenous Treasures in Northern Australia

The Australian Federal Government and traditional landowners signed the first of two agreements today establishing two immense and globally significant conservation reserves on indigenous lands in the Northern Territory of Australia. The second agreement will be signed tomorrow on-site.

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May 28, 2009 Marine Bioregional Planning in the South-west Marine Region

The Marine Bioregional Planning Program started in 2006, aims to develop Marine Bioregional Plans under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act) and establish regional networks of Commonwealth Marine Reserves, contributing to the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas. All Governments in Australia have a shared international commitment to establish a national representative system by the year 2012.

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May 19, 2009 Australia bioregions for planning

An underwater wonderland spanning 1.3 million sq/km from Kalbarri to South Australia may soon be better protected under government re-zoning plans.

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May 19, 2009 Australia government releases DRAFT boundaries for further assessment

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