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Hoodie chicks are tiny, and dwarfed by the heavy hooves of racehorses. Without protection they don't stand a chance against racing thoroughbreds.

Government puts horses ahead of protecting our hoodies

Belfast Coastal Reserve near Warrnambool is the second most important breeding site on Victoria's coastline for the tiny Hooded Plover, listed as Vulnerable in Victoria and nationally....

Belfast Coastal Reserve signage. Photo: Chris Smyth

Victorian Government backs racehorses over hoodies

MEDIA RELEASE 15 November 2018 | BirdLife Australia and the Victorian National Parks Association are appalled at the State Government’s decision to allow commercial horse training to continue...

Racehorses tear up Belfast Coastal Reserve-Photo Chris Smyth

Racehorses tearing up fragile coastal reserve

MEDIA RELEASE 14 October 2016 | A fragile coastal reserve in South West Victoria is being torn up and invaded by racehorse trainers who are using conservation areas as ‘race […]...

Deer are spreading across Victoria into many sensitive habitats.

Parks Victoria must get crucial resources for new alpine parks plan

MEDIA RELEASE 2 September 2016 | A plan for Victoria’s high country national parks that tackles head on the key threats of climate change, weeds, feral horses and deer must […]...

Farming zone must go at Belfast Coastal Reserve

MEDIA RELEASE 26 August 2016 | A beautiful stretch of coastal reserve between Port Fairy and Warrnambool could be lost to farming if the local council fails to rezone the […]...

Hopetoun Falls is one of many in the Great Otway Ranges National Park.

ALP promise to protect national parks welcomed

MEDIA RELEASE 16 June 2016 | Lovers of national parks and conservation groups from acrosshe countryoday commendedhe Australian Labor Party’s promiseo extend national environmental laws...

State budget boost not yet enough to rescue Victoria’s parks

MEDIA RELEASE 27 April 2016 | Victoria’s national parks and reserves are in desperate need of a significant injection of funds, and while today’s state budget offers some relief, it...

Grampians - Mt Stapylton- Photo John Sampson

Conservation blueprint for Victoria a step in the right direction

MEDIA RELEASE 17 March 2016 | A blueprint for protecting nature released by the Victorian Government today is a step in the right direction, but the state’s natural environment needs […]...

2015 Great Victorian Fish Count results released

MEDIA RELEASE 26 February 2016 | More than 350 volunteer citizen scientists donned masks and snorkels to record fish species at 44 sites along Victoria’s coastline as part of the […]...

Black Saturday fire at Wilsons Promontory National Park. Photo: Phil Ingamells

Natural Victoria is changing before our eyes

MEDIA RELEASE 22 February 2016 | Our native plants and animals are under stress from climate change, and Victoria’s natural areas may never be the same again. But there are […]...