Environment Minister Plibersek please reject South32’s mine expansion in WA

Environment Minister Plibersek please reject South32’s mine expansion in WA

Bauxite miner South32 has put forth a proposal to destroy 100,000 hectares of WA’s stunning and almost unimaginably diverse jarrah forests over the next 50 years. That’s an area 50 times the size of Perth.

Just days before Christmas, WA’s Environment Minister, Reece Whitby, approved South32’s plans.

But all is not lost. South32’s proposal now goes to the federal government.

The decision is in the hands of Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, who has until 5 February to accept or reject the proposal. Will you call Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek today, urging her to step-up and protect the irreplaceable jarrah forest?

 

 

Image: Numbat / Getty images

Bauxite miner South32 has put forth a proposal to destroy 100,000 hectares of WA’s stunning and almost unimaginably diverse jarrah forests over the next 50 years. That’s an area 50 times the size of Perth.

Just days before Christmas, WA’s Environment Minister, Reece Whitby, approved South32’s plans.

But all is not lost. South32’s proposal now goes to the federal government.

The decision is in the hands of Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, who has until 5 February to accept or reject the proposal. Will you call Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek today, urging her to step-up and protect the irreplaceable jarrah forest?

 

 

Image: Numbat / Getty images

The numbats, black cockatoos and mainland quokkas are calling… will Minister Plibersek answer?

Call the Environment Minister now to urge her to reject South32’s expansion proposal in its entirety. Use our talking points as a guide but feel free to personalise your message as this is more likely to have a bigger impact.

 

When you call, you'll usually speak to a staff member (or voice mail). You’re not expected to be an expert, your power is that you’re their constituent and you care about nature.

Call Tanya Plibersek

Tanya Plibersek Tanya Plibersek Environment Minister (02) 6277 7920

1. State your name and where you live. And one or two of the below points.

  • If approved, up to 3,855 hectares of native vegetation will be cleared, including Black Cockatoo nesting trees. This is also habitat for the critically endangered Woylie and western ringtail possum, the threatened Quindanning spider orchid and many other species—80% of which are found nowhere else in the world. 
  • The approvals could also give way to the future destruction of over 100,000 ...

1. State your name and where you live. And one or two of the below points.

  • If approved, up to 3,855 hectares of native vegetation will be cleared, including Black Cockatoo nesting trees. This is also habitat for the critically endangered Woylie and western ringtail possum, the threatened Quindanning spider orchid and many other species—80% of which are found nowhere else in the world. 
  • The approvals could also give way to the future destruction of over 100,000 hectares of land and forest for bauxite mining—over 50 times the size of Perth city. 
  •  The jarrah forests cannot be rehabilitated. The WA EPA even states that the “success and effectiveness of the proponent’s rehabilitation program is yet to be determined” and “that with a drying climate, rehabilitation of forest to its former structure may not be possible”. 

2. I urge the Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to make the final call and reject the expansion proposal in its entirety.

3. Thank you for your time

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