The Conservation Council of Western Australia is the umbrella body for conservation groups and organisations in Western Australia. It has been the co-ordinator, publisher and guiding body for issues of woodchipping in the South West of Western Australia, the logging of old growth forests, as well as providing input into government processes involved with all aspects of environmental protection and conservation.
Its origins were closely related to the Perth-based - Environment Centre of W.A., and the development and success of the environmental movement also saw subsequent development of the regional environment centres in Denmark, Albany, Margaret River and Busselton.
In 1981 the council was involved in a class action regarding the mining in the jarrah forests in the United States against bauxite miners Reynolds and Alcoa, the complaint was lodged with U.S. Federal District Court in Pittsburgh, Pennsyilvania.
Notable member groups of the council have included the Campaign to Save Native Forests, South West Forests Defence Foundation, West Australian Forest Alliance, and Great Walk Networking. Smaller, more transient single-purpose protest groups have found the council a positive custodian and advocate over the thirty years of its activities. Some groups are no longer current but their impact on the process of conservation and preservation in Western Australia have been significant in raising public awareness of issues.
(This list may not be correct - some groups might be inactive - and other active groups may be not listed...) (In alphabetical order...)
Active Community EnvironmentalistsAlbany Community Environment Centre IncAlumina Action AllianceAnimal Rights AdvocatesAustralian Association of Bush Regenerators (WA)Australian Marine Conservation SocietyAvon Valley Environmental SocietyBalingup Friends of the Forest Inc.Bassendean Preservation Group IncBirds Australia WA GroupBlackwood Environment SocietyBridgetown-Greenbushes Friends of the ForestBushwalkers of WABusselton-Dunsborough Environment CentreCanning River Residents Environment Protection AssociationCape Conservation GroupCape to Cape AllianceCare for Hedland Environmental AssociationCoogee Coastal Action CoalitionDarling Range Wildlife ShelterDenmark Conservation SocietyDenmark Environment CentreEARTHEnvironmental Defenders Office WAEnvironment HouseEnvironmental Weeds Action Network (WA)Environs KimberleyFAWNA Inc.Foothills Save Our Trees Action GroupFriends of Bold Park Bushland Inc.Friends of Moore River EstuaryFriends of the Fitzgerald River National ParkFriends of Star Swamp Bushland IncGeographic Society of WA Inc.Guilderton Community AssociationLake Meelup Preservation SocietyLeeuwin EnvironmentLeighton Action CoalitionLocal Environmental Action Forum (LEAF)Malleefowl Preservation GroupMargaret River Regional Environment CentreMen of the TreesNaragebup Rockingham Regional Environment CentreNature and Agriculture Rehabilitation Association (NARA)Nature Reserves Preservation GroupOxfam (WA Branch)Peel Preservation GroupPeople for Nuclear DisarmamentPerth Bushwalkers ClubPilbara Wildlife Carers AssociationPollution Action NetworkPort Kennedy LCDCQuinns Rocks Environmental Group IncRoleystone Dieback Action GroupSave Endangered East Kimberley Species Group Inc.Save Our Marine LifeSouth West Environment CentreSouth-West Forest Defence Foundation Inc.Sustainable Energy Now, Inc.Sustainable Population Australia Inc. WA BranchSustainable Transport CoalitionThe River Conservation SocietyThe Rottnest SocietyUrban Bushland Council (WA)Vive La RechercheWA Native Orchid Study & Conservation GroupWA Speleological Group (WASG)Walpole-Nornalup National Park AssociationWaterbird Conservation Group Inc.Western Australian Naturalists' ClubWetlands Conservation SocietyWilderness Society WAWildflower Society of WAYamatji Land and Sea CouncilYarloop and Districts Concerned Residents CommitteeYouth Environment SchemeThe council created the Bessie Rischbieth Conservation Award to acknowledge the contribution of a volunteer in the community conservation sector in 1994.
Jarrah class action legal complaint : the Conservation Council of Western Australia Inc. (Plaintiffs) - v. - Aluminium Company of America (ALCOA) and Reynolds Metals Co., (Defendants), Feb. 1981. [Perth, W.A.] : Conservation Council of W.A, 1981.
