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Buff-rumped thornbill Photo: Patrick Kavanagh Flickr | CC BY 2.0

Victorian budget a step in the right direction for nature protection

MEDIA RELEASE 1 May 2017 | Victoria’s 2017-18 budget includes some important nature protection initiatives and should kickstart the long-term rebuilding of the state’s capacity to look after its...

Hooded plover habitat near Port Fairy. Photo: Ed Dunens Follow | Flickr | CC BY 2.O

Hoodies win beach battle but still at war with Andrews Government

MEDIA RELEASE 27 April 2017 | Moyne Shire Council’s indefinite ban on commercial horse training at Killarney Beach near Port Fairy is a great win for vulnerable hooded plovers and […]...

Walking with family friends is a great motivator for young kids.

Families get a bit wild at Yarra Bend ‘Wild Families’ launch

MEDIA RELEASE 23 April 2017 | With so much time spent indoors in this day and age, families are craving new opportunities to spend time outdoors. Families in Victoria with […]...

The Grampians rice-flower is found only in the Grampions region of western Victoria and listed as nationally vulnerable.

New statewide plan maps out nature protection for Victoria

MEDIA RELEASE 4 April 2017 | A new statewide strategy to protect Victoria’s natural heritage highlights the importance of the state’s natural places. Released today the plan is the first...

Logging in Victoria's central highlands.

Victoria’s forests are not magic puddings

PARK WATCH March 2017 | Matt Ruchel, member of the Forest Industry Task Force and VNPA Executive Director, explains why sawmills and the pulp and paper industry don’t understand how […]...

Pod of burrunan dolphins forms a 'fishing wall' to herd fish near the proposed site of a new jetty at the Quarantine Station.

Dolphins in danger

PARK WATCH March 2017 | A new jetty has been proposed for the Quarantine Station in the Point Nepean National Park master plan. It would have a devastating effect on […]...

Victoria's western forests offer great chances to explore a diverse range of landscapes.

New investigation into Victoria’s central west forests

NEWS 28 March 2017 | The much-neglected but loved forests of central west Victoria, including the Wombat, Wellsford, Mt Cole and Pyrenees Range forests, will lie at the heart of […]...

Some of the incredible native plants found at Anglesea include the delicate salmon sun orchid.

Anglesea Heathlands’ flowers empowered

PARK WATCH March 2017 | It’s official – the internationally significant Anglesea Heathlands will be included in the Great Otway National Park in the autumn session of state parliament. This...

Our parks protect many gems including the southern emu wren.

National parks for sale – again!

PARK WATCH March 2017 | Three current proposals for commercial developments in national parks are seriously worrying, and there could be more to come, warns Phil Ingamells. Has Parks Victoria’s...

Mt Cole State Forest in the west of Victoria

Why the west’s forests and woodlands are important

Forest and woodlands on public land in the west of the state (roughly west of the Hume Highway) are fragmented remnants of bush, often surrounded by a sea of cleared […]...