The Landscape Awards by Australian Photography are back for a 4th year, celebrating stunning scenes from across Australia & beyond. We’re delighted to share that $2 from each entry will be donated to the Wilderness Society. Entries close 22 Feb: www.thelandscapeawards.com.au Photo: Adam Meredith

It’s not barking up the wrong tree to say #forests play a key role in defending against climate change. 🕵️ Scientists at Southern Cross & Monash unis took a closer look. In the bark of trees in northern NSW, they found a clue to how trees are fighting the #climate crisis: tiny, gas-eating microbes.

A new report from @wilderness.org.au documents decades of financial and environmental mismanagement by the Tasmanian Government and the native forest logging industry. Brutal read. #politas

We’re hitting the ground running this February! Join the movement and help set the pace for a big year protecting nature—we've got a little something for everyone. 🗓️ Find all our events and RSVP at wilderness.org.au/community-events #volunteering #wildoz #nature #Australia

Australians want real climate action, not more fossil fuels. Yet in the final weeks of 2025, the Albanese Labor government announced it was opening a huge area of ocean off Victoria and Lutruwita / Tasmania for new oil and gas exploration. #auspol #oilandgas #fossilfuels #climate

Is Bunnings stocking forest destruction on its shelves? The answer is: yes. We’ve filed a complaint to ask the ACCC, Australia’s consumer watchdog, to investigate Bunnings for #greenwashing.

Our friends at the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council are calling on the WA government to reject the Valhalla fracking proposal in the #Kimberley, and uphold its duty of care to do no harm. 👉 Read more: martuwarra.org/blog/DoNoHarm #westernaustralia #fracking #fossilfuels #BlackMountain

Skies across southern Australia lit up with a spectacular show of the #auroraaustralis last night. Moments like these remind us of the value of getting out into nature, looking up, and protecting the night skies that connect us. 💚✨ Image: Bunurong Country, Genevieve French / Wilderness Society

In the final weeks of 2025, the Albanese government quietly opened up a huge area of ocean off Victoria & Lutruwita / Tasmania to new #oilandgas exploration. 💥 Seismic blasting & gas drilling here would threaten marine life, coastal communities, the climate & a World Heritage coastline. #auspol

Incredible alpine flora and an #auroraaustralis at sunrise? Lutruwita / #Tasmania is truly one of the best places to experience the wonder of nature. Thanks to Benjamin Alldridge for this stunning image with us. 💚 #wildoz #scoparia

🚨 #BREAKING: Shocking new revelations suggest mining giant Alcoa could be in breach of its mining exemption conditions in WA’s Northern Jarrah Forest, after a significant endangered black cockatoo nesting tree was found to have been impacted by mining activity. #westernaustralia #wildoz

Protecting #forests is at the heart of our work. Community events help people connect with threatened forests and wildlife, and #volunteering is the next step. 🌳💚 Want to turn your care for nature into action? Join us as a volunteer & help protect wild places: wilderness.org.au/volunteer-with-us

Ready to hop into the new year more organised than ever? We still have some of our 2026 calendars left, featuring stunning nature photographs from across Australia, like this yellow-footed rock wallaby at Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary. 👉 Order today: wilderness.org.au/2026-calendar #wildoz

In the newest edition of Wilderness Journal, we visit Judy and Geoff Lambert, who share stories from a life of environmental activism. Plus we unearth an unpublished book by Edith Jean Walker & tell the story of the world's tallest Christmas tree. 📖 Read it today: www.wilderness.org.au/journal-42

The Wilderness Society is working alongside the Yerkala Mirning to secure World Heritage recognition for the stunning #Nullarbor and #GreatAustralianBight. If you haven't already, you can add your name to the call to protect the Nullarbor & Bight: wilderness.org.au/bight-nullarbor #conservation

A Mithaka cultural landscape in the Channel Country is now on the National Heritage List, recognising thousands of years of living culture. Home to endemic species and some of the last free-flowing desert rivers on Earth, this Country has long been protected by Mithaka Traditional Owners.

🚨 Yesterday the Albanese government opened a huge new area of Victoria and Lutruwita / Tasmania’s oceans to seismic blasting & gas drilling—right next to World Heritage coastline. 🔥 New gas is a climate disaster. Next to World Heritage coastline it’s a double disaster. #oilandgas #auspol #climate

We’re going to court over plans to log native forest in the Huon Valley in Lutruwita / #Tasmania, one of the last remaining breeding strongholds for critically endangered swift parrots. Hear more about the case from Tasmanian Campaigns Manager, Alice Hardinge. #swiftparrot #wildoz

The legendary Franklin River, #Lutruwita / #Tasmania, where the movement to stop a destructive dam brought thousands together. Peaceful protest won & the Wilderness Society was born. 🗓️ This image features in our 2026 calendar—every one sold helps protect nature: www.wilderness.org.au/calendar-2026

Join us as we travel the Franklin with the new generation of Wilderness Society campaigners, explorers and activists in our latest 50th Anniversary special Wilderness Journal. Wild then, wild now, wild forever. #tasmania #franklinriver #wildoz 📖 Read it here: www.wilderness.org.au/journal-41

Forestry Corporation of NSW is failing NSW's native forests, and threatened species like greater gliders are paying the price. 🚨 New analysis shows huge discrepancies between the agency's glider habitat surveys and those done by citizen scientists before logging begins. #nswpol #wildoz

Save 20% on our 2026 calendar this Green Friday! 🗓️ Celebrate people power and beautiful Australian nature with our special 50th anniversary edition. 💚 🌏 Every calendar sold helps protect Australia’s wild places for generations to come: wilderness.org.au/gf-sale #wildoz #australia #conservation

📢 After decades of pressure to fix Australia’s ailing nature laws, the Albanese government has struck a deal with the Greens to amend them. The reforms will increase scrutiny of logging & land clearing—and finally remove key #deforestation loopholes. #auspol 👉 www.wilderness.org.au/nature-law-news

#Forests of any age are vital for wildlife and #climate, but they’re not interchangeable. Destroying a mature, carbon-dense forest can’t be offset by vegetation thickening elsewhere, and releases up to 120× more emissions per hectare than newer forests can absorb. 🌳🌏

Just 40 minutes from Nipaluna/Hobart, you'll find the spectacular #forests of the Huon Valley. 🌳🍃These forests store immense amounts of carbon & support some of Australia’s most iconic species. But they're under threat. 👉 More: wilderness.org.au/iconic-places/tasmanias-forests #tasmania #wildoz

#BREAKING: We are going to court over plans to log native forest in the Huon Valley in Lutruwita / #Tasmania, one of the last remaining breeding strongholds for critically endangered swift parrots. 👉 Learn more: www.wilderness.org.au/swift-parrot-legal-case #swiftparrot #wildoz #forests

Long-awaited changes to Australia’s nature laws have been introduced to Parliament today—instead of strengthening protections, they would weaken them. 👉 Read the Wilderness Society’s response here: wilderness.org.au/news-events/... #auspol #naturelaws #environment #wildoz

It’s #InternationalSawfishDay. Celebrate this remarkable species! The Martuwarra / Fitzroy River is recognised as the world's last stronghold for the freshwater sawfish. It’s also a very important nursery, serving as a sanctuary for juveniles. 👉 Discover more wilderness.org.au/sawfishday

We have successfully settled our court case with the Environment Minister—and he has admitted he failed to do his job to protect threatened species! 🙌 This is an incredible win for threatened species. Hear our campaigner Sam Szoke-Burke give an update on what this means for wildlife. #wildoz

Today is a win for threatened wildlife across Australia 🙌 While it is deeply frustrating that we had to resort to the courts to get the government to do its job, this outcome confirms the expectations on the Albanese government to start prioritising nature & helping Aussie wildlife beat extinction.

📣 #BREAKING: We’ve settled our case against Australia’s Environment Minister! Backed by our supporters & represented by Environmental Justice Australia, we took bold legal action to fight for threatened species, and won! #auspol #wildoz

Queensland’s plants and animals are in crisis. 🚨 The new State of Environment Report reveals 114 more threatened species were added in the last 4 years. Both the #Queensland government and the Wilderness Society confirm the biggest threat: deforestation for pasture. #wildoz

#Lutruwita / #Tasmania is home to true forest giants, Eucalyptus regnans that tower up to 100m tall & huon pines that have lived for thousands of years. 🌳 These are some of the most carbon-dense #forests on Earth, quietly storing vast amounts of carbon & helping stabilise the climate. #botany

Exciting news: the Great Koala National Park is finally happening! This means 176,000ha of critical koala habitat in #NSW will now be a national park & protected from logging. 🎉Thanks to all our supporters for your tireless work to make this park a reality. 💚 🔁 Help us spread the good news! #wildoz

So, so long overdue. Hopefully enough to help these animals and systems weather what’s coming. Congratulations NSW branch of @australianlabor.bsky.social and @wilderness.org.au and NSW NCC (among others)!! #environment #climatechange #forests www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

BREAKING: The NSW government announced it will permanently protect the full 176,000 hectares of state forests proposed for inclusion in the Great Koala National Park. This historic announcement will give koalas a fighting chance for a future. #GKNP

This isn’t just a sticker. It’s a love letter to Australia’s wild places and the #wildlife that call them home. 💚 If you see a sticker in the wild know it proves that together, there are more people who care about #nature than the corporate and political interests willing to exploit it. #wildoz

Not just a cute face, the sandhill dunnart is a tiny desert predator with a big role to play! 🐭✨ By day it curls up in sandy burrows, and by night it hunts insects and reptiles among the spinifex sandplains of South & Western Australia, helping keep ecosystems in balance. #wildoz #dunnart #wildlife

What is older than the dinosaurs and is humanity's ancient cousin? The Australian lungfish! 🐟✨ This species is a true living fossil. Its ancestors date back 380 million years, and it’s barely changed in over 100 million. It can even breathe air when water runs out! #wildoz #threatenedspecies

📢 #BREAKING: US mining giant #Alcoa misled the public. Australia's advertising watchdog has ruled Alcoa’s newspaper ad, claiming it had rehabilitated 75% of the Jarrah Forest it had mined, was inaccurate or misleading. #westernaustralia #mining #jarrahforests

This September, we’re bringing people together online and in-person to learn, share & take meaningful action for #nature. 🗓️ From taking action on #deforestation to learning how to engage with MPs, there's something for everyone. 🍃 Find all events and RSVP: wilderness.org.au/community-events

Ghosts are real…and they have wings! 👻🦇 Australia’s ghost bat is our only carnivorous bat—swooping on prey and devouring it whole: feathers, bones, teeth and all. #GhostBat #ThreatenedSpecies #wildoz #australianwildlife

🌳 New science shows that as temperatures warm🌡️, Victoria's mountain ash forests can't sustain as many trees. #mountainash #victoria #forests #ecology

🚨 #BREAKING: US mining giant #Alcoa has been found non-compliant with the conditions of its mining of WA’s jarrah forest. Boiling Cold has just revealed that Alcoa has not complied with strict conditions to protect threatened black cockatoos, Boorloo / Perth’s water, and cultural heritage. #wapol

This was once a jarrah forest. 🌳 Now, it’s a bauxite mine. ⛏️ US mining giant #Alcoa wants to destroy 11,500 hectares of irreplaceable #jarrah forest in #WesternAustralia. These forests have already been mined for 60 years, further expansion will threaten the survival of these incredible ecosystems.

For #ScienceWeek, ABC is celebrating some of our most underrated animals & asking you to vote for your favourite. The line-up is fierce, but we can't help but back the ghost bat, which is at the centre of our court case against the Federal Environment Minister. Vote: www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Over the weekend, the Tasmanian Liberals announced their decision to “not proceed” on plans to release forest reserves in Lutruwita/#Tasmania for logging. This is a huge win for local communities who have been working tirelessly to have these areas protected, as was promised over a decade ago.

The #QLD government quietly dropped its latest #deforestation data this week, and it’s grim. 332,015 hectares were bulldozed in just one year. That’s 10x more forest bulldozed than what palm oil companies destroyed in Indonesia. Most of it? For pasture. #auspol 👉 wilderness.org.au/qld-slats-2025

#BREAKING: The Wilderness Society is taking Australia’s oil and gas regulator, NOPSEMA, to court for failing to ensure Santos has set aside money to pay for the clean up of its Reindeer operations in Western Australia. 👉 Read more: www.wilderness.org.au/court-case-nopsema #oilandgas #fossilfuels

Meet the monjon—the smallest of all rock wallaby species, with a head and body length of only 30–35cm, and weighing under 1.5kg! #wildoz #wildlife You'll only find it in the #Kimberley, in northwest Australia. 👉 Discover 5 species endemic to the Kimberley: wilderness.org.au/species-kimberley