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Community groups rally for National Threatened Species Day
September 09, 2022
Community groups rallied on the streets of Naarm (Melbourne) in a colourful array of banners and costumes to commemorate National Threatened Species Day 2022.
Read More Add your reaction ShareClimate change and the Victorian Alps - preparing for the fires of the future
September 08, 2022
If you’re paying attention to what is happening in the mountains, it can be depressing. Some of the obvious impacts of climate change include more intense fires and longer fire seasons, which are leading...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareAs the northern hemisphere burns, what are the lessons for Australia?
August 12, 2022
The northern hemisphere summer has been terrible. Heat waves have killed many thousands, from Iran and India to Portugal and France. Flash flooding has closed the Grand Canyon, while ‘Lake’ Mead, a massive dam...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareLoving Murrumdoorandi
August 09, 2022
Localisation and community resilience in a time of transition.
Read More Add your reaction ShareAnti protest laws threaten forest protectors
August 05, 2022
The Andrews government has received support from the Liberal and National parties to enact changes to the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004 which could see peaceful protesters fined up to $21,000, or face 12...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareForest Defenders Rally Against Anti-Protest Laws
June 28, 2022
Last Tuesday the 21st June, forest defenders gathered on the steps of parliament to oppose the anti-protest laws being introduced that will see anyone protesting or found within a Timber Harvesting Safety Zone (THSZ)...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareThere is still time to protect the Little Dargo River
April 27, 2022
The fires of 2019/20 burnt huge areas of north eastern Victoria. The remaining unburnt forests are more important than ever. One of these areas lies in the headwaters of the Little Dargo River, just...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareFires are getting worse. We need extra firefighting capacity to stop small ones becoming blazes
April 20, 2022
As we head towards a mild and wet summer, we still need to prepare for the fires that will come as we head back to drier years. There are many things we need to...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareThe Little Dargo: a pristine catchment threatened by logging
April 19, 2022
The state government logging agency, VicForests, intends to log a total of 11 “coupes”, or sections, of mature forest, much of it dominated by Alpine Ash, in the headwaters of the Little Dargo River....
Read More 1 Reaction ShareClimate change threatens Tasmanian forests
March 28, 2022
While the summer of 2021/22 has been a mild fire season in the east of the country, there have been a small number of significant fires in lutruwita/ Tasmania that have threatened World Heritage...
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