The latest from Territory Rivers
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Northern Territory Government rolling out the red carpet for 100,000 hectares of cotton, fuelling more destructive land clearing
Media Release Environmental groups have today expressed outrage at the Northern Territory Government’s plan to support and enable hundreds of thousands of hectares of native vegetation to be bulldozed for water-hungry crops. […] Read moreRead more -
Video: ‘The Daly River is a sacred place.’
“It’s important that we all look after and protect water … We want to keep this river still alive and flowing for all of us to enjoy.” Meet Malak Malak Traditional Owners […] Read moreRead more -
Report: Mirages in the North
This report reviews the outcomes, objectives and technical rationale of the Northern Development Program. In it, we find that many proposed irrigated agriculture projects not only fail to meet environmental and social […] Read moreRead more -
New report reveals major problems in Australian Government programs designed to ‘develop the North’
Released today, the Mirages in the North: Ending the Northern Myth report has outlined systemic problems with the Australian Government’s program of funding large-scale irrigation projects in the country’s north. The report, […] Read moreRead more -
Video: Fishing the Northern Territory’s pristine Daly River
Meet local fishing tourism operators and long-term fishos on the Northern Territory’s iconic barramundi fishing river – the Daly. Tourists flock from all over to try and catch one of the Daly’s […] Read moreRead more -
Land clearing permit challenged on Auvergne cattle station
The Northern Territory government is facing two separate lawsuits over a land clearing permit its critics say could damage important habitats and jeopardise sacred Indigenous sites. Key points: In November 2022, the […] Read moreRead more -
‘Aboriginal land council levels criticism at NT government over unregulated land clearing’: ABC
Excerpt: “A prominent lobby group says land clearing is risking the NT’s river networks — which are some of the most pristine in the world — and the failure to properly regulate […] Read moreRead more -
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 -
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