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PARK WATCH March 2020 | Nature Conservation Campaigner Shannon Hurley shares the power of persistence in the battle over the Belfast Coastal Reserve. The efforts to protect Warrnambool’s...

PARK WATCH March 2020 | Proposed Great Ocean Road legislation is still unclear, says Phil Ingamells. Tiled boldly into the floor of Victoria’s Parliament House lobby are the words: “Where no...

PARK WATCH March 2020 | New grassland revenue bill passes Parliament. The Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levey) Bill 2019 passed the Victorian Parliament in early February....

The Victorian National Parks Association would like to acknowledge the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the entire Victorian community in so many different ways. This came to us following a...

MEDIA RELEASE 21 February 2020 | The Victoria National Parks Association (VNPA) congratulates the Victorian Government and Parks Victoria on the release of th Strategic Action Plan: Protection of...

MEDIA RELEASE 18 February 2020 | This week the Andrews Government is due to respond in Parliament to a major report to protect significant areas of Victoria’s central west forests in new national...

MEDIA RELEASE 23 January 2020 | The Victorian Government’s announcement of a $17.5 million fire response and recovery package for nature is a welcome step forward, but needs to be matched by...

Fire management is a serious and truly complicated thing; the fuel that feeds fire is also our great natural heritage. There will always be more to learn about fire behaviour and its management,...

Our deepest appreciation goes out to the firefighters, emergency services, park rangers, community volunteers, wildlife carers andealth workers on the frontline. Our thoughts are with everyone who...

PARK WATCH December 2019 | It’s time for the best management proposal our parks have ever seen, says VNPA’s Phil Ingamells. I once found myself in the steamy tropical forests of Silent...