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Community stands together to protect Entrance Point Reef

November 01, 2024

More than 120 Broome locals gathered yesterday at Entrance Point Reef to call for its protection. As the community came together, barefoot kids delighted in discovering hermit crabs under the...

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The Threatened Species Commissioner’s visit

October 24, 2024

The Australian Government’s Threatened Species Commissioner Ms Fiona Fraser was in Broome recently and visited Environs Kimberley to hear about the important work we are doing to protect threatened species...

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Warning to investors - don’t risk millions on oil and gas in the Kimberley

October 23, 2024

Oil and gas companies are on notice following Buru Energy’s latest disastrous drilling project in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. The company revealed today that its recently drilled oil exploration well,...

Conservation groups urge WA Government to protect the Martuwarra Fitzroy River’s freshwater sawfish on World Sawfish Day

October 17, 2024

Kimberley conservation groups urge WA Government to protect the Martuwarra Fitzroy River’s freshwater sawfish on World Sawfish Day Conservation groups are calling on the WA Government to take urgent action...

Win in battle to stop Valhalla’s Kimberley fracking proposal prompts call for a bilateral approach from WA and Commonwealth to ban the industry

October 16, 2024

Conservation groups have commended Commonwealth Environment Minister and her Department for pressuring Texan owned oil and gas company’s Black Mountain subsidiary ‘Bennett Resources Ltd’ to withdraw a proposal for fracking...

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Community call on WA EPA to reject Kimberley fracking proposal

October 07, 2024

Today marks the close of the EPA’s eight week public comment period on Black Mountain Energy’s proposal, via subsidiary Bennett Resources Ltd, to drill and frack 20 exploratory gas wells...

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Entrance Point - why it deserves protection

September 24, 2024

The Broome peninsula has a magnificent coastline. Stretching back through geological time, the Broome sandstone harbours 130-million-year-old dinosaur footprints with profound meaning to traditional custodians. Then there are the 2,000-year-old...

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Help tell the story of the Wattleseed Collective: media intern opportunity

September 09, 2024

Handy with a camera? Like nature? Does your dream career blend media skills with working in nature and supporting communities? You might be just the intern The Wattleseed Collective is looking...

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How fire affects small animals in the desert — a research collaboration

September 04, 2024

Environs Kimberley and Charles Darwin University have been supporting desert ranger groups since 2018 to understand how fire patterns have changed in the desert since European colonisation, how that is...