19-494: (Redirected from Wilderness Society ) The Wilderness Society may refer to: The Wilderness Society (Australia) , an Australian not-for-profit non-governmental organisation that fights environmental issues The Wilderness Society (United States) , a not-for-profit organization in the United States that advocates for the protection of U.S. public lands Topics referred to by
38-737: A book, Wild Rivers , co-authored with Bob Brown , which exemplified his skill in photographing the Gordon and Franklin rivers. On 28 March 1996, Dombrovskis died of a heart attack while photographing near Mount Hayes, in the Western Arthurs mountain range in South-West Tasmania . His works are represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, the National Gallery of Victoria ,
57-734: A key role. On 1 July 1981, works were stopped on the Franklin Dam when the High Court ruled that, in upholding the World Heritage Convention, Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s government could overrule Tasmanian premier Robin Gray. Following the success of the campaign against the Franklin Dam , and the national approach being more important due to other issues interstate, it became known as The Wilderness Society. In
76-805: A suburb of Hobart . The protégé of noted wildlife photographer and activist Olegas Truchanas , his photographs of the Tasmanian Wilderness , particularly his own annual Tasmanian Wilderness Calendar and the Wilderness Calendar produced by the Tasmanian Wilderness Society , brought images of once remote and inaccessible areas of the state into the public realm. Dombrovskis founded West Wind Press in 1977 and later went on to print calendars entirely of his own work, featuring incisive commentary from pre-eminent environmental professionals. His most famous photograph
95-660: Is Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River , which some commentators believe played a part in the victory of Bob Hawke in the 1983 Australian federal election . The photograph portrayed a section of the Franklin River which was to be submerged by the proposed Franklin Dam , and it highlighted the visual appeal of the Franklin River during the contentious "No Dams" campaign of 1982. In 1983, Dombrovskis published
114-410: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Wilderness Society (Australia) The Wilderness Society is an Australian, community-based, not-for-profit non-governmental environmental advocacy organisation. The society is organized as a public company limited by guarantee . It has separately incorporated campaign centres, passed in
133-705: The Greens in the Senate in the Federal parliament . While The Wilderness Society has worked with the Australian Greens on certain campaigns, it is not affiliated with them or any other political party, as a politically unaligned environmental non-government organisation . The society publishes the Wilderness Journal , which covers a wide variety of stories about nature and people. Topics include
152-636: The South West Tasmania Action Committee (in NSW branch the word "Action" was not included), so it was already a nationwide organisation. Significantly, all but four of the twenty-three people attending the inaugural meeting of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society in 1976 were members of the United Tasmania Group. The campaign to save the Franklin River took seven years, 1976-83. The Tasmanian Wilderness Society played
171-461: The TWS website, online store and extensive email lists , although it also still contacts supporters through regular postal communications as well. The Wilderness Society now raises funds through a number of sources, mainly donations, including advocacy gifts and gifts in wills (bequests), subscriptions from members, grants, sales of merchandise, and interest and other investment income. In 2021
190-724: The Wilderness Society reported receiving $ 869,000 in COVID-19 relief subsidies. The inaugural director of The Wilderness Society was Kevin Kiernan , followed by Norm Sanders , who was later elected to the seat of Denison in the Tasmanian Parliament in 1980 for the Australian Democrats . He was Australia's first parliamentarian to be elected on an environmental platform. Bob Brown became
209-502: The action. The Wilderness Society spent considerable energy in its first decades of existence arguing that wilderness was a specific quality in parts of Australia's environment that was vital to preserve for future generations. The political response in most states of Australia is that there are now wilderness inventories and acknowledgement of areas of wilderness. The Wilderness Society's campaigns have included: The Wilderness Society opposes nuclear energy. Traditionally fundraising
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#1732765468619228-399: The capital of each Australian state (plus Launceston and Newcastle ). Most campaign centres are separately incorporated and operate as membership organizations : The Wilderness Society Newcastle Incorporated, The Wilderness Society (South Australia) Inc, The Wilderness Society (Tasmania) Inc, The Wilderness Society Victoria Inc, and The Wilderness Society WA Inc. The Wilderness Society
247-542: The communities and forests of East Gippsland , a photo diary by Ben Baker of a road trip through bushfire damaged regions, a story about Marina DeBris and the ugly beauty of our trash, attempts to restore the giant kelp forests of Tasmania , and a journey into Mirning country, the coast and waters of the Great Australian Bight. Peter Dombrovskis Peter Dombrovskis ( Latvian : Pēteris Dombrovskis ; 2 March 1945 – 28 March 1996)
266-554: The director of The Wilderness Society in 1978, and with him the group increased their influence on Tasmanian politics. Brown was elected to the Tasmanian parliament in 1983 to fill the vacancy left when Sanders resigned his seat, and with the group of fellow conservationists elected subsequently, he went on to become part of the political party known as the Tasmanian Greens . Brown was later elected to represent Tasmania and
285-440: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Wilderness Society . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Wilderness_Society&oldid=892184573 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
304-532: The year 2005, Tasmanian forestry business Gunns brought a litigation case against the group in the Melbourne Supreme Court, in a case dubbed the "Gunns 20", claiming that the activities of environmental activists had damaged Gunns' profits. Gunns claimed $ 3.5 million from the Wilderness Society, but in March 2009, Gunns was ordered to pay the Wilderness Society $ 350,000 in damages and to cease
323-597: Was an Australian photographer, known for his Tasmanian scenes. In 2003, he was posthumously inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame, the first Australian photographer to achieve that honour. Dombrovskis was born in 1945 in a refugee camp in Wiesbaden , Germany to Latvian parents. Together with his mother, he migrated to Australia in 1950, and they settled in Fern Tree ,
342-873: Was formed initially as the Tasmanian Wilderness Society (TWS) and was transition from the South West Tasmania Action Committee . The group was originally established in 1976 from the members of the Lake Pedder Action Committee and the South West Tasmania Action Committee Along with the United Tasmania Group , they had protested against the earlier flooding of Lake Pedder . The group already had established interstate branches as
361-402: Was performed through The Wilderness Society Shops. The shops were particularly popular for their calendars and posters by photographers such as Peter Dombrovskis and Olegas Truchanas , and were also central locations for the public to make donations and for members to meet. Since the rise of the internet, fundraising has increasingly become centralised around internet based activities, such as
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