Latest news on forests

More than 30 environment, recreation and scientific groups have renewed their call for the creation of the Great Forest National Park, as Labor’s favoured issues of renters rights and cost of housing prove less...

The Kuark forest is located in far East Gippsland, Victoria. This magnificent forest is home to rare rainforest and endangered animals. Sections of it are currently on logging schedules and could be cut at...

Ancient forest in East Gippsland's iconic Kuark forest is about to be logged! Our friends and affiliate members Goongerah Envrionment Centre (GECO) have been working around the clock to protect this forest.  Trees over 400...

The Labor government's logging agency VicForests has begun logging in the Toolangi state forest, where critically endangered Leadbeater's possums have been found.  Logging commenced without a pre-logging threatened species survey to identify protected species...

Well over 300 people turned out on a freezing night to stop logging in Mirboo North in Gippsland on the 14th of September. Local resident Marg Thomas said "Vic Forests (VF), were ill prepared...

The Andrew’s government purchase of the ailing Heyfield timber mill should now complete the transition out of native forests into plantations, environment group Friends of the Earth has said.   “The purchase of the mill...

Friends of the Earth's forest collective organised a massive day of action for National Threatened Species Day last week, on 7 September.  Our forest campaign released the Lawless Logging report with Goongerah Environment Centre...

To mark National Threatened Species day, Friends of the Earth Melbourne has released a report documenting 27 unlawful native forest logging operations in protected threatened species habitat and rainforest.  These logging operations have occurred...

Join us on Threatened Species Day to call on the Victorian parliament to protect our threatened wildlife from logging. Thursday September 7, 5.30pm – 8.30pm. Parliament House, Melbourne.

The state owned logging agency VicForests has moved logging machinery out of the contentious Hermitage Creek forests where a significant population of threatened Greater Gliders has been found.