The latest from Territory Rivers
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Federal intervention required over land clearing near iconic Top End river
MEDIA RELEASE Conservation advocates are calling for federal intervention to protect native savanna and rivers in the Top End following national revelations that the Northern Territory’s existing environmental protection regime may be […] Read moreRead more -
‘Turning a blind eye’ to cotton and land clearing in the NT: ABC 730
Read the story HERE or watch it below. ‘The Northern Territory is home to one of the world’s last untouched tropical savannas. That fragile landscape and its rivers are now the new […] Read moreRead more -
The impacts of ‘floodplain harvesting’ policies
The NT Government has recently released new plan that would allow big business to take huge amounts of water for cotton, and mining through ‘floodplain harvesting’ – taking wet season flows from […] Read moreRead more -
Floodplain Harvesting policy: Nine News Darwin
Amy Sinclair from Nine News Darwin reports from the Daly River, where local members of the community are expressing their concerns about the future health of the river if the Northern Territory […] Read moreRead more -
Territory communities concerned over the future of rivers in face of new NT Government water extraction plan
The Fyles Government’s plan to allow big business to take more water through the controversial practice of extracting life giving flood waters could be devastating for Top End river systems NT residents […] Read moreRead more -
ABC Coverage: Water allocation licenses, rise of agriculture poses widening threat to Christmas prawns from the north
By Roxanne Fitzgerald (ABC) | Friday 24 December 2021 Days out from Christmas, an unassuming, corner-block building on Darwin’s harbour is bustling inside. “[It’s] crazy. It hasn’t stopped at all,” Laura Luchetti […] Read moreRead more -
Territorians demand formal action over unapproved bulldozing at cotton gin site
Environmental groups and residents have renewed calls for the Gunner Government to undertake a full environmental assessment of the proposed Tarwoo cotton gin, following revelations the proponents have continued clearing before obtaining […] Read moreRead more -
ABC: Tourism fears NT floodplain harvesting could hit barramundi
ABC Coverage – January 3, 2023, by Jane Bardon LISTEN HERE The Northern Territory Government is hoping monsoon deluges can soon be harvested to support major new industries like cotton, but its […] Read moreRead more -
Greatest threat to our rivers revealed in State of the Environment report
Our national report card is in and it’s grim – but it’s not too late to save our rivers Last week, Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek released the 2021 State of the […] Read moreRead more -
Concern for future of Territory Rivers as ‘slipshod regulation’ allows cotton industry to clear land without permission
Environmental groups have called for greater protection of Northern Territory rivers, following a decision by the Northern Territory Government to grant a retrospective land clearing approval for a large cotton gin facility […] Read moreRead more