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Rogue logging in Cobaw Forest, February 2023 (Ben Gill).

Rogue logging our special places

Rogue logging is destroying vulnerable areas of our protected parks and reserves. Under the guise of ‘storm clean up’ and ‘fire management’, invaluable forests are being trashed and sold for...

Project Hindmarsh: Butterflies, worms and wildflowers

PARK WATCH Article June 2023 | Jonathan Starks reports that in 2023 Project Hindmarsh is heading to Rainbow Project Hindmarsh, which VNPA members and supporters have been attending for decades,...

Victorian nature community elated over faster end to native forest logging in the state

MEDIA RELEASE 23 May 2023 | The Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) has welcomed the announcement of the State Government’s decision to bring forward the end of native forest logging...

Breaking: An end to native forest logging in Victoria

NEWS 23 May 2023 | Today as part of the annual state budget, the state government announced their plan to speed up the transition out of native forest logging. It’s […]...

Audit says radical changes needed if Victorian Government is to succeed in retaining last 1% of remaining grasslands

MEDIA RELEASE 18 May 2023 | A quietly critical audit of the Victorian Government’s flagship grassland conservation program is calling for major changes to protect some of the state’s most...

Protect the Alps – help end the reign of hard hooves

TAKE ACTION | Page updated 15/05/2023 Victoria’s alpine areas are much loved for their majestic landscapes and unique plants and animals. The heads of many rivers are found in their […]...

Restoration or conversion?

PARK WATCH Article March 2023 | Jordan Crook questions the value to the environment and the taxpayer of proposed flood plain alterations along the Murray River The Victorian Murray Floodplain...

Keep our air clean and our water healthy

Many people don’t know that significant parts of Victoria’s regional water supply depends on the health of carbon-capturing forests across the states. New parks will protect significant...

I realised the Fat-tailed Dunnart was under threat. Here’s how I got the species officially listed

Republished from The Conversation | I realised the fat-tailed dunnart was under threat. Here’s how I got the species officially listed By Emily Scicluna and Jim Radford Saving endangered species...

Precious marsupial needs urgent protection from extinction

MEDIA RELEASE 30 March 2023 | The Victorian Government has been urged to list the Fat-tailed Dunnart as vulnerable, with the last surviving small marsupial of the state’s volcanic plains […]...