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MEDIA RELEASE 7 July 2021 | A new Joint Management Plan for Barmah National Park will increase protection for the area’s remarkable wildlife as well as its ancient cultural heritage. “The...

The devil in the details   What’s the good? A 24,000 ha addition to create a larger new Wombat–Lerderderg National Park (around 45,000 ha when added to the existing Lerderderg State...

The Andrews Government has just announced a huge milestone: the creation of three new national parks....

Call for support funding package for parks and wildlife in Dandenong and Macedon Ranges....

TAKE ACTION | The forests of the central west remain unprotected. On 21 June 2019, the Andrews Government was handed an expert report recommending the protection of 60,000 hectares of public land in...

MEDIA RELEASE 21 June 2021 | The Andrews Government is “all talk, no protection” when it comes to delivering on two-year old expert recommendations to protect 60,000ha of forest and...

PARK WATCH June 2021 | Nature Conservation Campaigner Shannon Hurley celebrates and explains what the decision to reject AGL’s gas import terminal means for the future of Westernport Bay. It was...

PARK WATCH June 2021 | Executive Director Matt Ruchel writes about the future of river frontages. A significant dispute has broken out over the last few months between farmers, recreational fishing...

PARK WATCH June 2021 | Steps in the right direction, but more bold action needed to protect this globally important marine phenomena, explains Shannon Hurley. VNPA has been supporting the Save Our...

PARK WATCH June 2021 | Upn the mountains, giants can still be found. They have stoodn place for hundreds and hundreds of years. Jordan Crook shares their story. On the east side of Mount Baw Baw...