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Victoria has finally ended industrial clear-fell logging. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to re-imagine our relationship to forested landscapes.

 

Now is the time to ensure lasting protection from industrial exploitation & colonial resource extraction.

It's time to return forested Cultural Landscapes to First Nations custodians, empower transitioning communities to embrace regenerative livelihoods, and fund the restoration & climate resilience of native forests.

Our Vision for Victoria's Forests

Victoria ended native forest logging on Jan 1st 2024. The next 12 months will be critical for forested landscapes as First Nations custodians, regional communities, forest campaigners, and scientists all contribute to...
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Its time to fund our public lands

An open letter to the Victorian government   The Hon Jacinta Allan, Premier of Victoria The Hon Steve Dimopoulos, Minister for Environment, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events. Minister for Outdoor...
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Make a submission to Central Highlands state forests consultation

  For years, Friends of the Earth Melbourne supporters have fought for the end of native forest logging in the Central Highlands and across so-called Victoria. Now that native forest logging has...
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Victoria's high country and tall forests are iconic – but snow gum and ash forests are under threat as climate impacts escalate.

It’s time to call for the return of land to First Nations custodians & empower communities to participate in the care-taking of forests. Government must fund the active restoration of forests to help threatened species to recover & build the resilience of alpine ecosystems to climate change.

Your donation will help us campaign for forest restoration programs that repair and protect damaged and vulnerable landscapes, while creating regenerative livelihoods beyond logging.

Together, we can support communities to create regenerative regional economies that leave no one behind. 

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Backcountry film festival 2025

April 08, 2025

The backcountry film festival is a pre winter institution in Melbourne. We have been screening the festival each year since 2011. The program is put together by Winter Wildlands Alliance, and celebrates the power and spirit of humans in winter. This is a first...

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Hume FFMV risking our health and safety burning forest in Flowerdale for no benefit

March 25, 2025

Kinglake Friends of the Forest (KFF) have expressed extreme concern over plans by Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMV) to carry out a fuel hazard reduction burn in Flowerdale today (25 March 2025). Sue McKinnon, President of Kinglake Friends of the Forest, says “Our Fuel...

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Here's 4 good ideas to protect wild places from fire

March 12, 2025

While the flooding from ex Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to impact northern NSW and southern Queensland and a long clean up gets underway, fire season drags on in much of the rest of the continent. The AFAC Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for Autumn 2025 identifies...

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