When
Where
Forrest Place
Forrest Pl
Perth WA 6000
Australia
Why
Wear black and bring a black umbrella to make a giant black cockatoo and march through Boorloo / Perth to save the Jarrah Forest.
We are hoping a thousand people will join us, so get your whole community group involved.
This will be one of a dozen 'March in March for the Forests' happening around the country on this day.
Alcoa wants to massively expand bauxite mining in the Jarrah Forest for aluminium, and under pressure from Donald Trump, Australia has also agreed to mine bauxite in the forest for gallium (used in US missiles).
Scientists say the expansion of bauxite mining would destroy the homes of three species of black cockatoos (all threatened with extinction) and many other species in the most biodiverse temperate forest in the world.
According to the Water Corp, this would be 'a certainty' to contaminate our water supply in large parts of the metro area and the South West. They say this would cost billions of dollars to repair, and the damage would be intergenerational.
The government says Alcoa has been unlawfully clearing forests for 15 years (since 2011), but instead of taking them to court, has given them a free pass to keep clearing and says it is in the national interest. They have said they must spend $55 million on remediation instead of going to court, but scientists say restoration is impossible.
59,000 made submissions to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to stop the expansion of bauxite mining. Now we need feet on the street (and umbrellas) to back that message and get the EPA and government back on track to save the forest.
Mining must be phased out of the forest with a fair transition for workers in the same way as we ended forest logging in 2024.
Join us and make a difference. For the latest Giant Black Cockatoo updates check the Facebook event.
Share the Giant Black Cockatoo Facebook event, or the Giant Black Cockatoo Instagram post.
For the latest March in March – Boorloo updates, resources including posters, or to volunteer visit the March For Forests Canberra hub.
Contact
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