Urgent last-minute appeal: Save Chalumbin from the wind development!
A$10,897
Raised
50
Donations
A$10,000
Goal
Chalumbin near Ravenshoe, FNQ is home to threatened wildlife, stunning remnant forest and a site of important and sensitive Jirrbal cultural history. It's now at risk of destruction for the vast Chalumbin wind development, an 86 wind turbine development, including concrete batching plants and other infrastructure. This is currently the most critical environmental cause in Queensland if not Australia.
THIS IS URGENT - CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US?
JIRRBAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS URGENTLY NEED FUNDING TO GO TO CANBERRA AND MEET MINISTER PLIBERSEK WHEN PARLIAMENT SITS IN SEPTEMBER 2023. CHALUMBIN SHOULD BE A NATIONAL PARK, NOT A WIND DEVELOPMENT.
Minister Plibersek is due to make a decision on Chalumbin wind farm by the 28th of September so this is critical.
This is an urgent appeal to ask you to give for Chalumbin - this truly is our last chance.
Time is running out and Minister Plibersek will make her decision soon. Can you give a gift to help the Jirrbal community members get to Canberra?
Your generosity means the wildlife and wilderness of Chalumbin may be left intact, and cultural heritage protected.
Why is the Chalumbin worthy of becoming a National Park?
Chalumbin is one of Queensland’s last remaining truly wild places.
Bordering the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Chalumbin is a vast remote region full of diverse remnant forests. The high mountainous ridgelines, set to be blasted benched for 86 wind turbines, are remote and inaccessible - a safe haven for nature.
This ancient, untouched wilderness is full of critically endangered species such as the Masked Owl, the Greater Glider and the Magnificent Broodfrog. Extremely rare Northern Koalas have been spotted nearby and likely live here too!
The proposed 86 wind turbine Chalumbin industrial wind development would destroy, fragment and blast precious flora and fauna, kill wildlife, and introduce weeds and predators to intact wilderness and complex functioning ecosystems. No offsets can replace this!
Nothing can justify the destruction of Chalumbin, a carbon sink that is host to endless biodiversity and likely undiscovered species.
Chalumbin is a place of profound meaning to the Jirrbal community.
Here are massacre sites, contact sites and Ancestors. Destroying Chalumbin will erode Jirrbal's connection with their own land, their stories, their history and culturally significant places. The profound cultural significance of Chalumbin requires it be conserved intact for all generations to come. It's appalling that a wind development here in this sacred place even be considered.
Please give to save Chalumbin, knowing your generosity is so very appreciated, by the wildlife of Chalumbin that cannot speak and the community of Ravenshoe, the mums, the dads, the children that love Chalumbin wilderness and want it saved from industrialization.
There is NO social license for the Chalumbin wind development.
Over 700 submissions opposing the wind development were recently submitted during the Public Environment period. Much research and work was devoted to Chalumbin by scientists, ecologists, conservationists, Traditional Custodians and community members to share how important it is that Chalumbin remains intact.
ABOUT US: We're grassroots conservationists based in FNQ who've campaigned for over 2 years to stop the Chalumbin wind development from proceeding on the Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland.
We are apolitical. All donations are tax deductible.
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Carolyn Emms | A$100
Ganesh Saminathan | A$30
Please continue fighting for the great and true cause. WE WILL WIN and protect our great natural resources and pass it on to our future generations.
Benjamin Yap | A$10
GEOFF | A$100
My wife and I have been wondering how to get involved, to stop this terrible environmental destruction. We're retired, so can't give much, but hope it helps. We've written to Bowen and Plibaseck, but don't get any response. We think that their ideology will cause terrible damage, and they will see this destruction as success. We're just so frustrated. Please let us know when protests will happen, regarding the Chalumbin site, which is closest to us.
Christian
Signed petition as well
Christine McKinlay | A$50
Frankie Hogan | A$1,000
Lucia | A$50
Thanks for your good work :)
Shaun
Leonie
This land MUST be saved 🇦🇺
Sheridan Kennedy | A$100
It makes no sense that we sacrifice natural wilderness and other species to chase renewable energy quotients so people in cities can assuage their conscience about how much electricity they use
Lori Lewis | A$200
Lesley Bailey | A$50
Thank you for your dedication and effort
Jim Bannister | A$50
Mary Cotter | A$50
Roger | A$200
Susie | A$50