Jacob, Author at Victorian National Parks AssociationVictorian National Parks Association

Victoria’s national parks need urgent budget boost 50 years after landmark laws

MEDIA RELEASE 16 May 2025 | Victoria’s national parks need urgent budget boost 50 years after landmark laws On the 50th anniversary of Victoria’s landmark National Parks Act, conservationists are...

Take action to defend our national park legacy

TAKE ACTION | Our powerful national parks legacy is under attack. It’s not only rampant feral pests and climate disruption. It’s under attack from the very people charged with protecting...

Allan abandons Victoria’s nature protection legacy

NEWS 14 May 2025 | It looks like the Allan Government has officially abandoned Victoria’s decades long legacy of evidence-led nature protection. Contradictions in policy positions continue to...

Ministers: Give the wildlife of Western Port Woodlands a future

TAKE ACTION | The Western Port Woodlands are incredible. Snuffly Southern Brown Bandicoots and mighty Lace Monitors fossick among the grasses, wildflowers and orchids. These patches of bushland are a...

New Parks Victoria leadership must refocus on nature protection

MEDIA RELEASE 1 May 2025 | Conservation groups welcome new leadership appointments at Parks Victoria while urging the agency must urgently refocus on protecting nature as its core business....

Put nature in the You Yangs plan

TAKE ACTION Feedback on the draft design closed on Monday 28 April 2025. Koalas, migratory Swift Parrots and stunning Brittle Greenhoods. Epic rides and walks. The You Yangs Regional Park […]...

Pod of burrunan dolphins forms a 'fishing wall' to herd fish near the proposed site of a new jetty at the Quarantine Station.

Cuts to Victorian fisheries officers unites conservationists and fishers

MEDIA RELEASE 16 April 2025 | Victoria’s leading conservation, recreationalnd commercial fishing organisations have united to oppose the State Government’s plan toxe fisheries officers. They...

Feral deer in Western Victoria need the boot after bushfires

MEDIA RELEASE 1 April 2025 | Feral deer are having a field day trashing and trampling the Grampians (Gariwerd) and Little Desert national parks and Mount Buangor State Park as […]...

Ministers: Stop protecting feral deer

TAKE ACTION | Feral deer are trashing and trampling Victoria’s landscapes from Wilsons Prom to Mount Bogong. They’ve even spread into urban areas. The thing is, the Victorian Government...

Discover a bay of wonder

PARK WATCH Article March 2025 | Shannon Hurley, Nature Conservation Campaigner, dives into the Discovery Bay Marine National Park and its monitoring program Discovery Bay Marine National Park is...