Traditional Owner joint-management

PARK WATCH September 2020 | Victoria’s go-it-alone approach to Traditional Owner Recognition and Settlement Agreements has made joint management of our national parks the ‘new normal’, says...
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Federal Court backs national park protection

PARK WATCH June 2020 | A Federal Court judge has ruled that Parks Victoria is free to continue a cull of feral horses in the Alpine National Park. It’s a […]...
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The next fire

PARK WATCH March 2020 | Can we control fire with fire? Will more fuel reduction burning really save us and the bush we love? It’s time for a new approach, not […]...
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The Great Obfuscation Road

PARK WATCH March 2020 | Proposed Great Ocean Road legislation is still unclear, says Phil Ingamells. Tiled boldly into the floor of Victoria’s Parliament House lobby are the words: “Where no...
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The Prom as a sanctuary

PARK WATCH December 2019 | It’s time for the best management proposal our parks have ever seen, says VNPA’s Phil Ingamells. I once found myself in the steamy tropical forests of […]...
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Compare the pair

PARK WATCH June 2019 | Parks Victoria’s well-considered Draft Barmah Wetland Strategy outclasses the Environment and Resources Departments’ non-committal Draft Deer Strategy by a mile, says VNPA...
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States of equine confusion

PARK WATCH March 2019 | Will high country feral horse management ever make sense? Not while people ignore decades of science, says VNPA Park Protection Campaigner Phil Ingamells. Will we ever...
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