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Evidence should rule

PARK WATCH December 2018 | The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service banned its ecologists from attending a November conference on the impacts of Kosciuszko’s feral horses. That didn’t...

Respect, protect and reconnect Melbourne’s grasslands

PARK WATCH December 2018 | Ben Courtice reports back on a conference about one of Victoria’s most threatened natural environments. Werribee lies in the heart of Melbourne’s western grassy...

The endangered mallee fowl is an icon of Little Desert National Park

Celebrating 50 amazing years of the Little Desert National Park

MEDIA RELEASE 10 December 2018 | This December marks the fifty-year anniversary since the declaration of the Little Desert National Park, after a historic campaign that changed the political...

Nature ignored in state election

NEWS UPDATE 23 November 2018 | Looking after our natural heritage is a key state responsibility, but the major parties have mostly ignored its existence, and released very little in […]...

Shelter for hikers at Bugiga campsite on the new Grampians Peaks Trail. Photo: Phil Ingamells

Andrews commitment to boost investment in camping and parks welcome

MEDIA RELEASE 16 November 2018 | The Andrews Labor announcement today for a significant boost in investment to rebuild campgrounds in our parks system, funding for conservation volunteers, a new...

Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park, Port Jackson Sharks. Photo: Mark Norman

Great Victorian Fish Count 2018: A chance to meet the friendly faces of our coast

MEDIA RELEASE 16 November 2018 | This summer hundreds of divers and snorkelers will once again take to the water as part the Great Victorian Fish Count, the largest marine […]...

Victoria’s natural environment in limbo but voters want action

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...

Majority of Victorians support national parks and nature protection

NEWS 14 November 2018 | Latest polling before the state election shows Victorians will vote for national parks and nature protection. The majority of Victorians support parks and nature protection,...

Volunteers planting trees on a VNPA project

Call for more support to nature conservation volunteers

MEDIA RELEASE 8 November 2018 | A joint message from the Landcare Victoria Inc., Victorian Environment Friends Network and Victorian National Parks Association. Future governments need to commit to...

Labor commitment to new suburban parks

NEWS 7 November 2018 | Labor will invest $150 million to create more than 6,500 hectares of parkland and new walking and bike trails right across Melbourne, giving families great […]...