Alliance


The St Kilda Mangroves Alliance

IS A POWERFUL COALITION OF LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING ENVIRONMENT, INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY FORMED TO ENSURE A BEST PRACTICE REMEDIATION PLAN IS URGENTLY PUT IN PLACE FOR THE RECOVERY AND LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THIS GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT AREA.

The Alliance is calling for:

  1. The immediate removal of the damaging hyper-saline brine in the ponds to the South of St Kilda Road

  2. Much greater transparency and genuine two-way exchange of information between Buckland Dry Creek Ltd, The Department for Energy & Mining and the public.

  3. Development of a closure and rehabilitation plan, in partnership with the public, for the damaged ponds and a restoration plan for the surrounding tidal wetlands

  4. A permanent solution to the unstable ‘Holding Pattern’ operating in the northern ponds, preferably the transition of those ponds to self-sustaining natural habitats that do not pose ongoing risks to the surrounding tidal wetlands.

Alliance Organisations (in alphabetical order) so far include:

  • Airborne Research Australia

  • Birdlife Australia

  • Birds SA

  • Butterfly Conservation SA Inc.

  • City of Salisbury

  • Conservation Council of SA

  • Delta Environmental Consulting

  • EcoProTem

  • Estuary Care Foundation

  • Friends of Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary

  • Friends of Gulf St Vincent Inc.

  • Friends of Parks SA

  • Landcare Association of SA

  • Marine Life Society of SA

  • National Trust SA

  • Nature Conservation Society of SA

  • Port Adelaide Residents Environment Protection Group

  • RecFish SA

  • St Kilda & Surrounds Progress & Tourism Association Inc.

  • Tennyson Dunes Group Inc.

  • Trees For Life

  • Whale and Dolphin Conservation