The Western Australian Forest Alliance (also known as WAFA) is an organisation made up of a number of Western Australian environmental activist groups concerned with the destruction of old-growth forests in the South West region.

History WAFA has published a range of guides, fact sheets, posters and documents, and is a successor to, and includes membership of, the earlier groups: Campaign to Save Native Forests South West Forests Defence Foundation Great Walk Networking other member groups of the Conservation Council of Western Australia

Advocacy and campaigning by WAFA and its members played a major role in the Western Australian Government deciding to end commercial logging of native forests in 2024.

WAFA is one organisation in the End Forest Mining alliance campaigning to end bauxite mining in Western Australia's northern jarrah forest.

Affiliated groups , WAFA lists the following member groups:

Albany Community Environment Centre Balingup Friends of the Forest Barrabup Conservation Group Blackwood Environment Group Bridgetown-Greenbushes Friends of the Forest Busselton Dunsborough Environment Centre Conservation Council of Western Australia Denmark Environment Centre Dwellingup Discovery Forest Defenders Friends of the Earth WA Friends of Gelorup Corridor Friends of the Greater Kingston Forest Friends of Porongurup Ranges Great Walk Network Greater Beedelup National Park Society Jarrahdale Forest Protectors Margaret River Regional Environment Centre Nannas For Native Forests Peel Preservation Group Quinninup Environmental Documenting South Coast Environment Group South West Environment Centre South-West Forest Defence Foundation Stop the Forest Losses Warren Environment Group Wilderness Society WA

Newsletter The Real forest news. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Forest Alliance, 1992–1995. Ed. 1 (Dec. 1992)-ed. 6 (Feb. 1995). Forest campaign bulletin. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Forest Alliance, 1994- Western Australian forest times. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Forest Alliance, 1999 irregular

See also Woodchipping

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