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Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) is Central Australia’s peak environmental organisation; defending Australia’s iconic desert country for over 40 years. We are a strong and trusted voice for the protection of arid lands, creatures and communities. We work tirelessly toward our vision: healthy futures for arid lands and people.

 

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It's time for action on buffel.

Key facts: Buffel is an incredible carrier of fire and competes with native grasses. Buffel has only spread widely in the last 20-30 years, which means its full impact has not been...
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Help stop the widespread killing of dingoes on pastoral lands

There is widespread killing of dingoes pastoral leases in the NT with broad-scale 1080 poisoning, as well as trapping and shooting. This is happening because of the two misunderstandings: 1. Most canines...
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Stop the Singleton Station water licence

We’re taking the Minster for the Environment to court over the Singleton water licence. Why? The approval of the largest groundwater licence in the history of the Northern Territory puts arid ecosystems at...
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‘Understatement of the year’: Singleton Station environmental referral underplays impacts to water, culture and environment

February 08, 2023

The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) has significant concerns that Fortune Agribusiness'environmental approvals referral to the Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority (NTEPA) completely underplays the significant impacts its development may pose to ecological, hydrological and cultural values. GHD, which completed the report for Fortune...

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Eighty percent of Alice residents oppose fracking, government gas subsidies

December 07, 2022

Eighty percent of Alice residents oppose fracking, government gas subsidies Anti-fracking sentiment is strong in the red centre, with a doorknock survey revealing the vast majority of randomly selected residents oppose both the unconventional gas mining technique and taxpayer grants for petroleum companies.  The...

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NTG removes protections for ecological and cultural values in biggest water allocation plan ever

November 22, 2022

‘Appallingly short-sighted’. To support fracking and big agriculture, NTG removesprotections for ecological and cultural values in biggest water allocation plan ever The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) opposes the Draft Georgina Wiso Water Allocation Plan(Draft Plan) and requests it to be withdrawn immediately. The...

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