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Draft report proposes new and expanded National Parks in the central west – a boon for tourism, recreation and nature

MEDIA RELEASE 31 August 2018 | Conservation groups welcome the draft recommendations released by the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council’s (VEAC) Central West Investigation, released today....

Logging to impact one of Victoria’s most popular bush walks at Mount Cole

MEDIA RELEASE 30 August 2018 | Conservationists have raised the alarm over continued intensive logging at Mount Cole in Victoria’s west. A recent Victorian National Parks Association field trip...

Anger at Andrews Government’s coastal plan which turns our public beaches into racetracks

MEDIA RELEASE 1 August 2018 | Conservation groups are angry at the release of a final management plan which entrenches damaging and disruptive commercial horse racing on public beaches in South...

Mine approval means short term gain for long-term pain

MEDIA RELEASE 27 July 2018 | Concerns are growing over the approval for an expanded mine tailings dam on the headwaters of East Gippsland’s Tambo River. Earth Resources Victoria has […]...

Act for nature enters Parliament

NEWS 5 July 2018 | Amendments to Victoria’s key piece of threatened species legislation, The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) has been introduced into state parliament, but it falls...

Sambar deer, caught here browsing and trampling areas where late-lying snow favours some very rare plants. Snowpatch communities are listed as threatened under Victoria’s Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act. VNPA has assisted La Trobe University in this research.

Are deer the new cane toads?

NEWS 5 July 2018 | Deer have largely taken over most of Victoria’s prime natural areas in recent years. Estimates vary, but some say there could be one million deer […]...

Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park, Gannets at Pope’s Eye. Photo: Euan Moore

Marine and Coastal milestone

NEWS 3 July 2018 | For better or worse, we have passed a key milestone in our state’s approach to managing our diverse, unique and much-loved coasts and marine waters. […]...

Do gold diggers have special rights?

NEWS 5 July 2018 | A draft management plan for several national and state parks in the central Victorian goldfields region has recommended the scaling back of areas available for […]...

Pipis under pressure

NEWS 6 July 2018 | Victoria’s prized shellfish, known as the pipi, is found beneath the waves in the intertidal areas of Victorian beaches. Pipi has long been under pressure […]...

A flock of red-necked avocets and banded stilts enjoy the Moolap wetlands, which will be under greater pressure from coastal development proposed in the Moolap Plan.

Opportunity to protect important wetlands

NEWS 5 July 2018 | For the past couple of years, VNPA has been advocating for a new Moolap coastal conservation park right on Geelong’s doorstep – a refuge for […]...