The WA Fairy Tern Network – formed by the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) in 2016 – has been recognised at the 2022 Western Australian Coastal Awards for Excellence in the Science and Research...

  The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed the creation of 3,600 additional hectares of nature reserve in Western Australia’s South-West.

WA’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released a draft amendment to its Environmental Factor Guideline – Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) which sets out a framework for tougher rules on carbon emissions from industrial proponents....

By Maggie Wood - Executive Director of the Conservation Council of WA   The latest State of Environment Report makes for sobering reading. Across Australia, our natural environment is under an unprecedented strain. The...

Author: Steph Murphey What do you get when you combine 200 volunteers, 100,000 seedlings, a 65-hectare property on Ballardong Noongar country in the Wheatbelt, and a weekend of endless sunshine?  You get this an...

  Woodside's controversial Scarborough gas proposal will go back to court following a new legal challenge by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF).

West Australians will be given an opportunity to have their say on a controversial mining expansion which endangers the state’s native forests and would cause unacceptable levels of carbon pollution.

The Northern Jarrah Forest – a biodiversity hotspot which rivals the world’s tropical rainforests – is on the brink of ecological collapse according to a new report.

With the Federal Election just weeks away, a growing number of West Aussies are joining a community campaign to put climate change - and climate action - at the centre of the conversation.

  Environment groups are troubled by recent merger between WA uranium hopeful Vimy Resources and Deep Yellow. The Mulga Rock uranium project east of Kalgoorlie is now under the leadership of a team with...

  Following the handing down of a decision in the Supreme Court of Western Australia this morning (1 March 2022) - in the case of Conservation Council of WA Inc v Chairman, Environmental Protection...

Words: Peter Robertson In a major new development, WA’s fragrant and commercially lucrative native sandalwood (Santalum spicatum; dutjahn; willarak) has been added to the IUCN's international threatened species "Red List". Now it’s time to end 175...

WA receives almost no royalties from highly polluting gas fields, according to a new report published today.

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has described a decision by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) not to penalise Chevron for the failure of its Gorgon carbon capture scheme as ‘enormously disappointing’.

The winners of the 27th Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) Community Conservation Awards have been announced as part of an evening of celebrations recognising the contributions of groups and individuals to environmental conservation.

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed an announcement by the state government which sets out a commitment to protect the Exmouth Gulf through a series of conservation measures.

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has called on the WA premier to clarify what it described as ‘extraordinary comments’ regarding an ongoing Supreme Court case involving a controversial fossil fuel development.

Western Australia’s peak environment group has called on the State Government to apply a very strong penalty to Chevron for the unauthorised release of over five million tonnes of carbon pollution from its Gorgon...

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Maggie Wood as the organisation’s acting Executive Director.

The Conservation Council of WA has responded to the Federal Government's 'net-zero by 2050' announcement following the unveiling of Australia's much anticipated plan, which will be presented to COP26 by the prime minister, Scott...