Western Australian Forest Alliance
Forest conservation advocacy group of Western Australia
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The Western Australian Forest Alliance (also known as WAFA) is an organisation made up of a number of Western Australian environmental activist groups concerned with the destruction of old-growth forests in the South West region.[1] It was founded in 1990 and now serves as the peak body for forest conservation in Western Australia.
History
WAFA has published a range of guides, fact sheets, posters and documents,[2][self-published source][3][self-published source][4] and is a successor to, and includes membership of, the earlier groups:
- Campaign to Save Native Forests
- South West Forests Defence Foundation
- Great Walk Networking
- other member groups of the Conservation Council of Western Australia
Advocacy and campaigning by WAFA and its members played a major role in the Western Australian Government deciding to end commercial logging of native forests in 2024.[5]
WAFA is one organisation in the End Forest Mining alliance campaigning to end bauxite mining in Western Australia's northern jarrah forest.
Affiliated groups
As of May 2023[update], WAFA lists the following member groups:[6][self-published source]
- Albany Community Environment Centre
- Balingup Friends of the Forest
- Barrabup Conservation Group
- Blackwood Environment Group
- Bridgetown-Greenbushes Friends of the Forest
- Busselton Dunsborough Environment Centre
- Conservation Council of Western Australia
- Denmark Environment Centre
- Dwellingup Discovery Forest Defenders
- Friends of the Earth WA
- Friends of Gelorup Corridor
- Friends of the Greater Kingston Forest
- Friends of Porongurup Ranges
- Great Walk Network
- Greater Beedelup National Park Society
- Jarrahdale Forest Protectors
- Margaret River Regional Environment Centre
- Nannas For Native Forests
- Peel Preservation Group
- Quinninup Environmental Documenting
- South Coast Environment Group
- South West Environment Centre
- South-West Forest Defence Foundation
- Stop the Forest Losses
- Warren Environment Group
- Wilderness Society WA
Newsletter
- The Real forest news. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Forest Alliance, 1992–1995. Ed. 1 (Dec. 1992)-ed. 6 (Feb. 1995).
- Forest campaign bulletin. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Forest Alliance, 1994-
- Western Australian forest times. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Forest Alliance, 1999 irregular
