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Forest 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...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareGuided walk to the Little Dargo River. April 24.
March 21, 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 ShareLittle Dargo catchment
February 14, 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 ShareCitizen science report back from the Dargo High Plains
January 31, 2022
Friends of the Earth recently held its first citizen science fieldtrip to map areas of Snow Gum forests in the Victorian mountains. These forests are largely protected in national parks but are threatened by...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareExpanding national parks not enough to protect nature
January 25, 2022
Governments are expected to commit to a Paris-style agreement for nature at Cop15 in Kunming, China, later this year, with targets that include protecting at least 30% of the oceans and land by 2030. An...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareLonger fire seasons are putting our national parks at risk
January 11, 2022
In Victoria, after a mild spring with above average rainfalls, it looks like this summer might provide a low key fire season. In it’s early summer Bushfire Outlook, the AFAC (the National Council for...
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