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Racehorses tear up Belfast Coastal Reserve-Photo Chris Smyth

New blow to hooded plovers and family beach days

MEDIA RELEASE: 17 January 2018 | The Andrews Government’s draft management plan for the Belfast Coastal Reserve (between Port Fairy and Warrnambool) released today increases the area available to...

Logging in the Central Highlands Photo: Justin Cally

Native forests deserve better than a regulatory relic

No renewal of Regional Forest Agreements Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) are twenty-year-long agreements between the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments and provide special treatment to the...

Comes with strings

NEWS 18 December 2017 | Andrews Government Response to Statewide Assessment of Crown Land The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) investigation into how public land was categorised...

Red Deer grazing, Moora Track, Grampians National Park, Victoria Australia . Photo: Rexness | Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0

Victorian Government moves on invasive animals

MEDIA RELEASE 15 December 2017 | The Victorian Government has accepted most of the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry into the Control of Invasive Animals on Crown Land. In its […]...

Nature’s medicine

PARK WATCH December 2017 | Dr Dimity Williams explains why a doctor would care for the environment and the health benefits of connecting with nature. Why would a doctor care about […]...

Premier Daniel Andrews Swinburne University of Technology | Flickr

Victorian national parks by premier

PARK WATCH December 2017 | Why has national parks creation stalled under the Andrews Labor Government? By Matt Ruchel and Sarah Rees. Just a couple of weeks before the 2014 […]...

River red gum wetlands along the Murray River Photo: Michael Rawle | Flickr CC

Three years on: how is the state government tracking?

PARK WATCH December 2017 | Analysis of the Andrews Government at the three-quarter mark It’s been three years of the Andrews Labor Government’s term in office, and we are now […]...

The Horn, Mount Buffalo National Park. Our parks deserve the very best management our society can offer. Photo: Phil Ingamells

What’s the plan?

PARK WATCH December 2017 | National park management plans are noble in ambition, but they are short on commitment and lack a true landscape context, writes Phil Ingamells. With the […]...

Victoria’s coastal nature on both public and private land needs greater protection and restoration. Photo: Chris Smyth

Bringing back coastal nature

PARK WATCH December 2017 | It’s time to ease the squeeze on Victoria’s coastal nature by establishing a Coastal Wildway Program, says Chris Smyth. Coastal land for the public Victorian...

Corner Inlet, Ramsar Site looking towards Wilsons Promontory National Park Photo: ChineseChequers | Wikimedia Commons

Wetland wishes

NEWS 14 December 2017 | The Andrews Government has re-announced that it is delivering $2 million to better protect and manage Victoria’s eleven iconic and internationally recognised Ramsar...