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At the 2014 Victorian election, the green battle ground will be a paddock, not a forest
February 20, 2014
The political terrain around environmental issues is shifting. The government knows it. They ignore rising community concern at their own peril.
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February 20, 2014
The following is the last post from the community group that defended the Coomoora woodland in south eastern Melbourne for so long. Heavy machinery moved into Coomoora on 12 January 2011, reducing much of...
Read More Add your reaction Sharekeep the cattle out of the Alpine National Park
February 20, 2014
Cattle were removed from the Alpine National Park in 2005 by the government of Steve Bracks. This was an important step forward for good land management in our state. Since then, some of the...
Read More Add your reaction ShareLocal conservationists step in to protect Leadbeater’s Possum habitat targeted by state government loggers at Nolan’s Gully
February 20, 2014
Monday 16 September, 2013 Known forest habitat for the endangered Leadbeater’s Possum is today being highlighted by conservationists as state government loggers, VicForests, continues to allow bulldozers in the Toolangi State Forest.
Read More Add your reaction ShareForest Stewardship Council Fails to Protect Strzelecki Rainforest
February 20, 2014
August 13 2013 PRESS RELEASE Environmental organisations Friends of the Earth and Friends of Gippsland Bush today released a detailed case study investigating the impacts of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification on the rainforests...
Read More Add your reaction ShareRed Gum protestors vindicated - NSW logging is illegal
February 20, 2014
Five months ago Friends of the Earth joined the Yorta Yorta people and Red Gum Forest Action in a protest that stopped logging in the Millewa State Forest for ten days. We took this...
Read More Add your reaction ShareVictorian red gum national parks legislation passed
February 20, 2014
Legislation passed by the Victorian Parliament last night created almost 100,000 hectares of new River Red Gum National Parks from Lake Hume to the South Australian border. And in a state first, the legislation...
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