South Australia's Major Biodiversity Advocate!

"Working for our natural heritage"

The Nature Conservation Society is a major environmental group, celebrating over forty years of devoting its energies to ensuring the survival of South Australia's biodiversity.

The Nature Conservation Society has grave concerns regarding the processes and scientific methodologies used to develop the document, Seeking a Balance: Conservation and resource use in the Northern Flinders Ranges. In particular the Society has concerns about the validity, transparency and accountability of the methods utilised to produce this report and the adequacy and appropriateness of the data used to determine the proposed management zones.  This document has omitted a variety of critical and essential steps that form the basis of an unbiased and scientifically sound planning document.

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Tuesday 2nd February. Leading South Australian environmental groups today launched a shared 2010 State Election Policy Agenda.  (download pdf 3.4MB )
The Nature Conservation Society of SA (NCSSA) The Wilderness Society (TWS), Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and the Conservation Council of South Australia are asking policital parties to support 16 specific environmental policy commitments, as listed below.

1. Implement Sanctuary Zones to highly protect at least 30 percent of South Australia's marine habitats in accordance with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) scientific benchmark and commit a minimum of $40 million to implement the Marine Parks Programme.

2. Protect the Simpson Desert region under the Wilderness Protection Act 1992 as a matter of urgency.

3. Invest an additional $20 million in large scale conservation programs, such as NatureLinks, that are based on practical action to protect and restore wildlife and natural habitats. This must include mitigating the impacts of climate change on our biodiversity.

4. Protect the unique ecology of the Upper Spencer Gulf and the breeding ground of the Giant Australian Cuttlefish by prohibiting the construction of a major desalination plant in this fragile region by BHP Billiton.