News - Environs Kimberley

Expanding the wattleseed harvest: we need you

September 05, 2023

Environs Kimberley is working with Kimberley communities to develop a culturally meaningful conservation economy through the Wattleseed Collective. The Wattleseed Collective last year trialled its first commercial-scale wattleseed collection with...

Kimberley / Fracking / gas / Premier Roger Cook / ban /

Cook government’s gas export opens gate for fracking in the Kimberley

August 17, 2023

Broome based conservation group Environs Kimberley has condemned the latest gas-related announcement by the WA government which encourages the development of a large-scale gas fracking industry in the Kimberley’s Canning Basin for export. ...

Premier Roger Cook / Fracking / ban / Frack Free Kimberley / John Butler / Emma Donovan / Bojesse / Puertside / Bart Pigram / Olive Knight / Bradley Hall /

New WA Premier Roger Cook on notice for Kimberley fracking ban

August 14, 2023

The world famous Kimberley region of Western Australia is under threat from oil and gas fracking. Three thousand people gathered in Broome and called on the new Premier of Western...

Frack Free Kimberley Concert 2023 - Raise your voice

August 02, 2023

Join John Butler, Emma Donovan, Kankawa Nagarra Knight and more generous and talented musicians loyal to the Kimberley and raise your voice for a Frack Free Kimberley. We are calling...

Derby / Tidal Power / Mangroves / threatened species /

Derby Tidal Power project – environmental disaster, economically questionable

July 21, 2023

We are calling on the Australian government to refuse approval for the Derby Tidal Power project: it is a proposal from the 1950’s that would cause significant environmental destruction. This...

The Wattleseed Collective prepares for this year’s harvest

June 29, 2023

Wattle you know, our Sustainable Communities team joined the Yiriman Women Bush Knowledge Enterprises and took off to Perth and the Swan Valley on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja to learn more...

20th Annual Art Auction a stunning success

June 28, 2023

Broome’s premier art event, the Environs Kimberley Annual Art Auction, was a great success this year, raising much needed funds for the region’s peak conservation group. The Auction is now online...

The Kimberley — like nowhere else on earth

June 15, 2023

As a supporter of Environs Kimberley, you will know how magnificent the Kimberley and its wildlife are, and recognise that it needs to be protected from industrialisation, like so much...

Broome to become unliveable

June 04, 2023

We had frightening news last week. A new study has found that Broome will become unliveable by the end of the century if we keep extracting and burning oil and...