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MEDIA RELEASE 7 November 2019 | The announcement by the Andrews Government today to ‘cease immediately’ logging of old growth native forest in Victoria, and immediately exempt threatened species...

MEDIA RELEASE 30 August 2018 | Conservationists have raised the alarm over continued intensive logging at Mount Cole in Victoria’s west. A recent Victorian National Parks Association field trip...

NEWS 14 June 2018 | Thanks to action from our supporters both our state government and opposition have ruled out logging in our national parks! Back in March, the logging […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 26 March 2018 | Premier Daniel Andrews must immediately reject calls to open up Victoria’s national parks to logging. “Calls by the logging industry to open up national...

MEDIA RELEASE 14 June 2017 | Threatened species including the iconic red-tailed black cockatoo and some of the most vulnerable and fragmented forests left in Victoria will be at risk under […]...

PARK WATCH June 2017 | Our new report clearly demonstrates proposed commercial logging in the west of Victoria should be banned, says our executive director Matt Ruchel. Until recently the […]...

PARK WATCH March 2017 | Our executive director Matt Ruchel raises the alarm on plans to log Victoria’s western forests. Concern and anger has been sparked among conservationists by a […]...

Victoria just became the largest logger of native forest in Australia - not a title we should be proud of....

MEDIA RELEASE 21 October 2025 | “It’s deeply disappointing and a missed opportunity for nature, Victoria’s publicly owned bushland and the communities who cherish...

MEDIA RELEASE  | Friday 17 October 2025 Wombat-Lerderderg, Mount Buangor and Pyrenees national parks and other conservation reserves are a step closer to being created after legislation passed...