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Defending the integrity of the Yarra Ranges National Park

NEWS 15 March 2022 | This morning five-week Inquiry Hearing for Warburton Mountain Bike Destination Project Environment Effects Statement (EES) began. What happens next is really important. If...

Trees to Seas – citizen science weekend at Cape Conran

ACTIVITY | Join an exciting weekend of events on 24-26 March. In late March our citizen science and field research teams are heading to East Gippsland as part of their ongoing monitoring projects...

Wellsford Big Trees Recognised as Significant

MEDIA RELEASE 3 March 2022 | In Wellsford State Forest just outside of Bendigo a stand of large old Box and Ironbark trees, known to the locals as The Big Trees, tower over the surrounding forest. On...

National poll: Aussies want protection of national parks

MEDIA RELEASE 22 February 2022 | New national polling confirms that the vast majority of Australians do not want to see prime protected areas like national parks compromised by commercial or...

World Economic Forum names climate change and biodiversity loss among biggest global threats

NEWS 2 February 2021 | The World Economic Forum has declared that the climate crisis is the biggest global threat, and that failure to act on climate change is the most significant global risk....

More native forest commitment issues

NEWS 19 January 2022 | The state government has announced its “Next Steps To Guide The Future Of Our Protected Forests”. The environment minister’s Eminent Panel for Community...

Good news for Giant Spider Crabs

NEWS 19 January 2022 | For ocean-lovers, the new year isn’t just a fresh start and warmer seas. It marks the approach of another chance to witness the spectacular migration of Giant Spider...

New plan for looking after the Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park

NEWS 22 December 2021 | The beloved Grampians now have a plan to guide how they areanaged. The final Greater Gariwerd Landscape Management Plan, released this week, provides aap for the future...

Reject bike tracks in Yarra Ranges National Park

Page updated: 25/01/2023 The Yarra Ranges Council wants to build 44 trails spanning 177 kilometres as part of The Warburton Mountain Bike Destination. A large part ofis project is planned within...

New state of environment report: All decline no action

NEWS 16 December 2021 | The Victorian State of the Environment (SOE) Biodiversity Update 2021 Report was released this week. In short, the report only reinforces the need for more government action...