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Act on marine life

NEWS Wednesday 13 December | New marine and coastal legislation was today introduced into the Victorian parliament. This legislation is the result of a 2014 election commitment by the Andrews...

Great Victorian Fish Count 2017: Hundreds praise our rays

MEDIA RELEASE 18 November 2017 | This weekend hundreds of snorkel-clad, keen-eyed citizen-scientists will take to water for start of annual Great Victorian Fish Count, with stingrays...

Joint statement calling for Great Forest National Park

The Victorian National Parks Association, along with more than 30 environment, conservation, recreation, scientific and citizen science groups representing hundreds of thousands of Victorians call on...

Premier Daniel Andrews Swinburne University of Technology | Flickr

National parks creation stalls under Andrews Labor

We’ve released our latest report comparing Victorian national parks by Premier. We’ve crunched the numbers, and found that Victoria’s Andrews Government has created the smallest amount of...

Fish count 2017 offers ray of hope for Victoria’s sea life

MEDIA RELEASE 26 October 2017 | This summer hundreds of divers and snorkelers will take to the water as part the Great Victorian Fish Count, the largest marine citizen science event in Victoria....

Nature and the Northcote by-election

The by-election for the seat of Northcote will be on 18 November – meaning it is time to make sure protecting Victoria’s nature is a big issue for voters and candidates in the by-election....

Statewide Assessment of Public Land

PARK WATCH September 2017 | The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) has produced its final report on the Statewide Assessment of Public Land. VEAC was asked to look at allurrent land...

Sambar deer, Bogong High Plains, Alpine National Park

Pest animals get more than a glance

PARK WATCH September 2017 | A recent inquiry intohe control of invasive animals on crown land came up with some sensible recommendations, says Phil Ingamells. There are many alien beasts rampaging...

Celebrating 10 years of NatureWatch!

PARK WATCH September 2017 | Our NatureWatch program,d the program’s original coordinator Caitlin Griffith, reached a major ten year milestone in 2017. In 2007 inspired group of VNPA members...

A logging coupe in the Central Highlands

Leaving only the ASH

PARK WATCH September 2017 | The Andrews Government is torn between helping a group of workers in a small country town fighting for their jobs and caving in to a group of Melbourne investors happy for...