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PARK WATCH September 2020 | Following Matt Ruchel’s reflection on the tenth anniversary of the Red Gum Parks in the previous edition of Park Watch, Professor Jamie Pittock from The […]...

PARK WATCH September 2020 | Victoria’s go-it-alone approach to Traditional Owner Recognition and Settlement Agreements has made joint management of our national parks the ‘new normal’, says...

MEDIA RELEASE 12 October 2020 | From today AGL’s gas import terminal in Westernport Bay will be put under the microscope over 10 weeks of public hearings, which community and […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 21 June 2020 | A year can be long time for wildlife facing extinction without protection in national parks from threats like mining and logging. Exactly 12 months […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 23 September 2020 | Spider crab advocates oppose a reduced bag limit for Australian Giant Spider Crabs, proposed by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, reducing the permitted daily...

NEWS 24 September 2020 | A draft Camping and Access Strategy has been developed for Lake Tyers State Park and it could, or should, be the model for managing access […]...

Here’s a crab bag of interesting facts about spider crabs.  We’ve compiled answers to questions you always wanted to know and more. Thanks to Dr Gary Poore (Museums Victoria) and...

MEDIA RELEASE 17 August 2020 | One year on from tabling in the Victorian Parliament, an independent expert report recommending better nature protections gathers dust on a Minister’s desk, while...

TAKE ACTION | Victoria is the most cleared state in Australia. We have the highest number of threatened plants and animals by subregion in the country. Yet we are fortunate […]...

IN THE MEDIA Opinion piece published in The Weekly Times 29 June 2020 | We need to separate myth from reality to effectively manage Victoria’s Alpine National Park, argues Phil […]...