Good news for nature!

Protection for wildlife and habitats is about to be boosted.  From fragile alpine fens, to box-ironbark forests, underwater kelp forests and rare remnant grasslands, habitats across Australia are...
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Shut and reveg Chiltern’s illegal tracks

TAKE ACTION | Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park is a Box-Ironbark forest of wildflowers, rare orchids and native wildlife. There’s Brush-tailed Phascogales, Squirrel Gliders, Lace Monitors,...
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Undermining nature in Chiltern-Mt Pilot

PARK WATCH Article March 2025 | Jordan Crook, Parks and Nature Campaigner, says the Environment Minister’s intervention with illegal tracks left a national park in worse shape When Parks Victoria...
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Our parks under attack in a swarm of spin

PARK WATCH Article March 2025 | Executive Director, Matt Ruchel, says the Victorian Government’s approach to parks and public land management is veering into dangerous territory Slashing funding,...
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Dyurrite Cultural Landscape Plan

Striking the balance for nature, culture and recreation Rising abruptly up from the once-forested earth surrounding it, Dyurrite (Mount Arapiles) is striking and spectacular.  The rock formation is...
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New national roadmap to give nature a fair go

PARK WATCH Article September 2024 | Matt Ruchel, Executive Director, reports on the progress of nature protection at home and abroad Australia leads the world in mammal extinctions, with one-in-five...
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Mt Feathertop untamed. Photo: Mark Darragh

An elephant crossing the Alps

PARK WATCH Article September 2024 | The Victoria Government’s scheme for the Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing stands as a huge white elephant, says Gerard McPhee Earlier this year, the […]...
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Protecting our living legacies

Report March 2024 | This report is for public land managers and anyone who wishes to advocate for the protection of significant trees on public land. It addresses the growing […]...
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A fair cop for suburban nature corridor

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Jordan Crook, Parks and Nature Campaigner, reports on Dandenong Police Paddocks/Nerre Nerre master planning The Dandenong Police Paddocks/Nerre Nerre...
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Cry me a river: Water for Wyperfeld

PARK WATCH Article March 2023 | Lara Bickford, VNPA Vice President, reveals the beauty of Wyperfeld National Park, and the stress it is under from lack of flooding It was during […]...
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