Media Releases
National Heritage assessment announcement for Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo: Warmly welcomed by conservationists
MEDIA RELEASE: National Heritage assessment announcement for Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo: Warmly welcomed by conservationists Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has asked the Australian Heritage Council to assess Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo for inclusion on the National...
WA Government commitments for Exmouth Gulf marine park welcomed by Protect Ningaloo
Protect Ningaloo welcomes WA Government’s commitment to create a marine park with high levels of protection across the whole of Exmouth Gulf that will be jointly managed with Traditional Owners.
A win for nature as plans for massive saltworks at Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo withdrawn
MEDIA RELEASE Plans for a massive industrial saltworks at Exmouth Gulf-Ningaloo have been withdrawn by the German corporation, K+S. Protect Ningaloo - AMCS has led a widely supported campaign against the saltworks that would have damaged a nationally-listed wetland...
Ningaloo Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching, new footage shows
MEDIA RELEASE Some of Ningaloo’s most iconic sites, including Turquoise Bay, Coral Bay, Tantabiddi and Bundegi (Exmouth Gulf), have been bleached from a vast underwater heatwave Marine heatwave causing mass destruction as it moves down WA coast, killing tens of...
Cook Government delays marine protection for wildlife hotspot at Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo
MEDIA RELEASE: Government postpones essential marine park protection for wider Exmouth Gulf Large area that’s important for whales, dugongs, corals and sponge gardens remains unprotected, subject to further undefined considerations Traditional Owners show leadership...
Protect Ningaloo takes fight to save Exmouth Gulf to German HQ of saltworks proponent K+S
MEDIA RELEASE: Billboards have popped up all over Kassel, Germany, asking K+S to drop saltworks The ‘postcard’ billboard shows iconic Exmouth Gulf animals – a dugong and a turtle – asking K+S to stop plans to damage their home Protect Ningaloo has taken the fight to...
Giant saltworks proposal threatens Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo
MEDIA RELEASE: Exmouth Gulf is renowned sanctuary for threatened species such as sawfish, dugongs and turtles, as well as mangroves, seagrasses, corals and sponges Saltworks is massive in scale, equivalent to 52 of Perth’s Kings Park Saltworks at odds with WA...
Solar eclipse shines light on Ningaloo’s forgotten sister, Exmouth Gulf
MEDIA RELEASE: Eclipse visitors encouraged to learn more about region’s natural wonders Exmouth Gulf was supposed to be part of the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area Exmouth Gulf faces industrial threats from port and saltworks WA Government has promised...
New Exmouth Gulf Taskforce confirms urgent need for environmental protection
MEDIA RELEASE: The WA Minister for Environment, Reece Whitby, today announced an Exmouth Gulf Taskforce would be established and funded as one of the McGowan Government’s responses to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) report on Exmouth Gulf, delivered in...
Coral bleaching underway at Ningaloo-Exmouth Gulf is the warning we cannot ignore
MEDIA RELEASE: Coral bleaching has been photographed and filmed at Ningaloo Marine Park in the northern part of Exmouth Gulf (Bundegi) this week as a consequence of unusually hot water being generated off Western Australia’s north-west coast. Ocean and meteorological...