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VNPA presents to Warburton Mountain Bike Destination EES Hearing

NEWS 28 March 2022 | Today and tomorrow our legal team and independent witnesses will speak at the Hearing for the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination Project Environment Effects Statement. Over the...

Easy as EPBC?

NEWS 21 March 2022 | Yet another audit of our nation’s nature protection laws adds to the growing pile of evidence that this legislation is not doing what it is designed to do – protect nature....

It’s a draft fail for beloved Bass Coast biodiversity hotspot

NEWS 17 March 2022 | After a long wait, community and environment groups are stunned and disappointed that the Victorian Government’s Distinctive Areas and Landscapes (DAL) policy draft for the...

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...