WA Forest Alliance

WAFA is committed to working with Traditional Custodians across Noongar boodja for the protection of this land into the future.

We support the calls of organisers to close Unit 18, end Blak deaths in custody, implement every recommendation of the Royal Commission into deaths in custody and establish a WA truth telling commission.

The Boorloo/Perth protest was peaceful, despite an alleged threat to safety that led to police moving protesters out of Forrest Chase. It is so important that as a collective, we fight for the continued right to protest.

Today, we marched in solidarity with First Nations across this land to call for truth, treaty and justice for all.

Today is Invasion Day. 200 years ago, the first British colony was established on Noongar boodja, land that always was and always will be Noongar land.

This is a night to gather, listen, and stand together for the forests that make our home on Menang Country so special.

📍Denmark ArtsHouse
🎸Lineup TBC

Licensed bar open throughout the evening.

The fight isn't over yet: The beautiful tingle forest is still under threat from prescribed burning. Join us to raise funds for TAG to ensure they can keep up the community pressure!

Tingle Action Group has been leading the blockade against destructive prescribed burning at Mt Clare in December 2025 that helped remove 3 tingle blocks from the annual burn plan.

Join us for an evening of powerful local music and community action. Tunes for the Tingles brings together some of Denmark’s finest acts for a fundraiser supporting the Tingle Action Group.

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Shocking revelations show Alcoa could be in breach… The Exemption Order restricts mining activities within 10m of trees with hollows used by Baudin’s, Red-tailed, and Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos for breeding…

🚨 #BREAKING: Shocking new revelations suggest mining giant Alcoa could be in breach of its mining exemption conditions in WA’s Northern Jarrah Forest, after a significant endangered black cockatoo nesting tree was found to have been impacted by mining activity. #westernaustralia #wildoz

The required 10m buffer was minimal, but still Alcoa could not get it right.

If Alcoa has broken the exemption order; they have been caught out, and the exempted mining must be halted immediately.

Get more End Forest Mining news on Instagram at @endforestmining

Alcoa was told to protect magnificent habitat trees of this kind because of their undeniable importance for black cockatoo breeding.

A significant jarrah tree surrounded by clearing for mining. Headline from the ABC reads Regulator investigates alleged breach of Alcoa's mining exemption conditions. A single tree threatens to disrupt US mining giant Alcoa's expansion in Western Australia, with the company under investigation over an alleged breach of its state-imposed mining conditions.

Over the past 6 years, the land around this significant jarrah tree was cleared and mined or turned into road. Now, it has died, likely as a result of the disturbance.

The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions must cease summer burns and protect the Tingles.

With hundreds of bushfires across the state in the past few weeks, reigniting Vermulen Rd would be both an irresponsible use of resources and a risk to the survival of these magnificent fire-sensitive trees.

The Vermuelen Rd block, just over 1km from the Treetop Walk has been burnt in sections since October.
Now, just a few small pockets remain, some with Tingles exceeding 5m in diameter.

Newspaper headlines for two articles in the Albany Advertiser reading 1. Prescribed burn in Walpole angers Tingle Action Group who say DBCA has backflipped on moratorium (A prescribed burn east of Walpole has alarmed the Tingle Action Group, who say the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions is going back on its pre-Christmas promise not to start new burns.) and 2. Burn concerns spark protest in Denmark, residents line the streets in bid to halt planned Walpole burn.

Whilst three Tingle blocks were removed from the prescribed burn plan just before Christmas, some Tingles remain in the firing line.

Don’t miss your chance to have a say.

WAToday headline that reads ‘Death knell’ for Baudins Black cockatoo as concervation bid rejected. Photo of a Baudins cockatoo.

Black and white image of a male and a female Baudins black cockatoo on a branch. text reads ‘habitat loss will drive the baudin’s cockatoo to extinction.

Baudins or bauxite. We can’t have both. Image of a flying baudin and a bauxite mine next to serpentine dam.

It’s time to draw a line in the sand, and end forest mining in the Northern Jarrah forest.

Got questions about making a submission? Come to our workshop. RSVP: endforestmining.org.au/submissionworkshop/

Submission guide out now. Don’t miss your chance to hold Alcoa to account. Submissions close 21 August 2025. Cover of WAFA’s submission guide. Link to make submission.

Alcoa wants to destroy a further 11,500ha of unique Jarrah forests. The EPA wants to hear what the Jarrah forest means to you. More info wafa.org.au/alcoa/

Take a stand this WA Day (June 2) for Western Australians’ rights to a healthy environment and clean drinking water and for beautiful, irreplaceable Jarrah forests.

More info>>https://wafa.org.au/get-involved/bigjarrahrally/

part 3>>https://www.publicsource.org/alcoa-mines-threaten-australia-forest-part-3/

Part two>>https://apps.publicsource.org/alcoa-mines-threaten-australia-forest-part-2/

Pittsburgh metals icon erodes rare Australian forest Photos reveal extensive ecological damage to Australia’s Northern Jarrah Forest as Alcoa mining operations scar the earth. | Part One

The struggle to protect Northern Jarrah Forests from Alcoa is receiving international attention. Check out part 1 of this in depth look at the issue from US based @publicsource.org - apps.publicsource.org/alcoa-mines-...

🤔Are you a digital campaigner? WA Forest Alliance is looking to grow our small, dedicated team.💪

More details>>https://wafa.org.au/digital-campaigner2025/

Will you join us to march to Parliament to end forest mining on June 2nd in Boorloo/Perth?

More info>>https://wafa.org.au/bigjarrahrally/

Our friends at @ausconservation.bsky.social & Conservation Council of WA have put together this scorecard to help you decide how to use your vote best to protect the environment 💪🌳

❗🌳 Mining company Telupac has applied for seven exploration licences putting WA’s unique Jarrah forests at risk. WA Mines Minister, David Michael, has the power to refuse Telupac's application - but he needs to act now.

✍️ Sign the petition>>https://wafa.org.au/telupac/