Latest news on forests

As Australia experiences an early start to the 2023/24 fire season, much of the current media coverage understandably focuses on fighting fires. But there is a deeper, longer public conversation about how we manage...

In recent years, a large part of FoE Melbourne’s forest campaign work has been focused on gaining protection of high conservation forests in the Victorian high country. One of the three priority areas identified...

Following on from the wonderful news that clearfell logging will end on January 1 2024 in the east of Victoria, now is a critical time for considering future forest management and supporting First Nations...

Sixty Victorian grassroots community organisations and ENGO's have written to Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Tim Pallas to urge them to abolish state-owned logging business VicForests.

  While firefighting is (and should remain) primarily the responsibility of individual states and territories, it is clear that Australia would benefit from a professional national firefighting team which can be deployed to assist...

'Ash forests’ – forest comprised of Mountain Ash, Alpine Ash, or sometimes both – are some of the most iconic forest types in Victoria, or even the world. Covering around 500,000 ha of Victoria...

In March, Friends of the Earth (FoE) campaigners visited north eastern Victoria as part of a longer trip highlighting threats to the landscapes of the high country. While we were focused on the threat...

On Saturday May 20, people from all across the state headed out to the forest and entered areas scheduled for harvesting by VicForests in defiance of new anti-protest laws aimed at cracking down on...

Across Australia, new anti-protest laws are being passed in order to silence dissent on rapid action for climate and the environment. In Victoria peaceful forest protectors are facing up to 12 months of jail...

The Friends of the Earth Melbourne Forest Collective has launched a campaign working closely with regional communities to protect Victoria’s high country in the Alpine regions. Disappointingly, these areas have become under imminent threat...