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End habitat logging on private land

TAKE ACTION | Habitat destruction in native forests is still happening. But this time, it’s on private property. And who suffers? Threatened plants, animals and the natural web of life....

Temporary reprieve for Yarra Ranges grandmother trees

NEWS 12 June 2024 | Last week the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) confirmed tree-felling works on a main ‘fire break’ are on pause until the end […]...

Rogue logging attempt reduced due to community pressure, but plans still afoot

PARK WATCH Article September 2023 | Jordan Crook, Parks and Nature Campaigner, wonders when our state agencies will stop working at cross purposes and put nature first The tree removal program ...

State logger plans could destroy endangered alpine plants

NEWS 22 August 2023 | Joint media release: Victorian National Parks Association, Victorian Forest Alliance, Friends of Mount Stirling Community nature groups are urging VicForests to ditch plans to...

Pressure mounts against rogue logging in Dandenong Ranges National Park

PARK WATCH Article June 2023 | Nature Conservation Campaigner Blake Nisbet on the fight against rogue logging in Dandenong Ranges National Park and Silvan Reservoir Immense local pushback has...

Cobaws rogue loggers exploiting loopholes

PARK WATCH Article June 2023 | Nature conservation campaigner Ben Gill reports that while all is quiet on the Wombat Forest front, rogue logging has shifted to the Cobaws. The […]...

Salvage logging is forest destruction

PARK WATCH Article June 2023 | VNPA Executive Director Matt Ruchel asks if rogue logging will become the next forest-eating monster now we’ve (almost) banished VicForests Due to the impact...