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Victoria’s natural environment in limbo but voters want action
November 21, 2018
MEDIA RELEASE 15 November 2018 Both major parties are missing in action when it comes to nature and conservation policy according to Victoria’s five leading environmental groups who have come together today to launch a joint...
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November 21, 2018
Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) and Friends of the Earth are today calling on the next Victorian government to abolish state owned logging agency VicForests and formally protect Victoria’s forests from logging after a special...
Read More Add your reaction ShareThe survey results are in; #WerribeeLovesForests!
October 25, 2018
The survey results are in! 95% of Werribee constituents surveyed support the proposal for a new Great Forest National Park! Today, volunteers from the Friends of the Earth Forest Collective delivered hundreds of community...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFailed forestry audit must lead to native forest protection
October 09, 2018
Victorian environment groups are renewing calls for the creation of new parks and reserves to protect native forests from logging after the release of an audit report revealing state owned logging agency VicForests has...
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October 05, 2018
Critically important habitat for Victoria’s faunal emblem, the Leadbeater’s Possum is being logged right now in the Blue Range near Taggerty. Despite being notified of the critical habitat that is likely being logged...
Read More Add your reaction ShareVictorian government review of logging regulation welcome
September 27, 2018
Goongerah Environment Centre and Friends of the Earth have welcomed the announcement of an independent inquiry into the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning’s (DELWP) regulation of logging in Victoria. Friends of the...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareEnvironment groups welcome Victorian government review of logging regulation
September 27, 2018
Goongerah Environment Centre and Friends of the Earth have welcomed the announcement of an independent inquiry into the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning’s (DELWP) regulation of logging in Victoria. Friends of the...
Read More Add your reaction ShareBunnings and Officeworks timber and paper announcement must fast track transition out of native forests
September 18, 2018
Friends of the Earth has welcomed a commitment from Bunnings and Officeworks to only stock Forest Stewardship Council certified wood and paper products by 2020. Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification is globally recognised...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareBrunswick Loves Forests
September 13, 2018
With no sign the government is serious about protecting our threatened forests and wildlife before the state election on 24 November, Friends of the Earth, together with Victorian National Parks Association, launched our forests...
Read More Add your reaction ShareSupport the Ending Extinction Bill
September 06, 2018
To mark National Threatened Species Day 2018 we’ve created the Ending Extinction Bill. We’re showing leadership because our political representatives are failing to. The Bill calls for strong protections for Victoria’s threatened species and...
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