BREAKING NEWS: Milestone for nature protection as Andrews Government announces new national parks

PARK WATCH December 2019 | Our NatureWatch Coordinator Sera Blair introduces us to our native neighbours. This summer our NatureWatch program’s new project ‘Backyard Bandicoots’ will...

MEDIA RELEASE 11 December 2019 | Feral deer should be urgently listed as a pest as part of a state-wide deer control plan. Victoria is the now the only mainland […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 28 November 2019 | Today 12pm-1pm more than 40 local community groups from across the state join state and national environment groups on the steps of Victorian Parliament to call...

As Victoria’s biodiversity continues to rapidly decline, habitats become more stressed, species become more threatened and the climate crisis escalates, we need a comprehensive policy response...

Here we go into the detail about some of the Andrews Government’s forest announcement. You can read our overview, including of the other commitments, on this page. More detail on […]...

NEWS 13 November 2019 | Last week’s announcement by the Andrews Government to immediately protect threatened species habitat from logging and immediately cease logging of old growth native forest...

MEDIA RELEASE 7 November 2019 | The announcement by the Andrews Government today to ‘cease immediately’ logging of old growth native forest in Victoria, and immediately exempt threatened species...

PARK WATCH September 2019 | VNPA’s Nature Conservation Campaigner Shannon Hurley gives an overview of Victoria’s ongoing marine and coastal reforms. Our seas and shores support all life, and...

PARK WATCH September 2019 | VNPA’s Parks Protection campaigner Phil Ingamells reports from the Federal Court, where the Australian Brumby Alliance was challenging Parks Victoria’s alpine...

PARK WATCH September 2019 | An Aboriginal cultural site in Victoria, older than Stonehenge, has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, located in the...