The following studies are the research behind the Wild Australia campaign.
| January 20, 2010 | The Woodlands Declaration |
We, the undersigned Australian and international scientists, write to you concerning the |
| May 28, 2009 | Scientists called on to endorse new MPA Consensus Statement |
Led by researchers at the University of Queensland, a Guidance Statement has been prepared to better support the design and planning of Australia's National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas. Scientists around the globe are now invited to endorse the statement. |
| May 05, 2009 | International Conservation Union meeting told new approach needed to prevent marine extinctions in Australia’s South West |
A meeting of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in Adelaide today was told Australia must adopt a new approach to managing its marine resources if it is to buck a global trend of species extinction and declining fish stocks. Addressing delegates from the IUCN‚Äüs World Commission On Protected Areas, Michelle Grady from the international Pew Environment Group highlighted the vulnerable state of globally significant marine life and ecosystems in the south west of Australia. |
| February 03, 2009 | Protecting Western Australia's big blue backyard |
Australia’s marine environment is one of the most important on Earth. As a nation, we are responsible for almost 16 million square kilometres of the world’s oceans—twice the area of our land. Australia has the largest area of coral reefs in the world as well as the largest single coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef. Our 4000 fish species represent 20 per cent of the Earth’s total. Six of the world’s seven marine turtles are found here, along with 45 of the 78 known species of whales, dolphins and porpoises. No other nation has 30 of the globe’s 58 species of seagrass. |
| February 03, 2009 | Conservation of Australia's Outback Wilderness |
Australia has some of the world’s last great wilderness areas, with nearly a billion acres remaining largely unaltered by the expansion of industrial civilization. Around that core of wild lands, hundreds of millions more acres are healthy enough that they can still support the maintenance of resilient ecosystems. |