State logging company VicForests has agreed not to clearfell 10ha of mature forest in East Gippsland after community surveys identified an isolated population of the rare Greater Glider in forest where logging had started. “This is great news, but was only acted on after we were forced to engage lawyers. Our lawyers, Environmental Justice Australia, …
First they spray paint ‘Hug this’ on a chainsawed giant tree (see it here) – now we find this in a lone hollow tree left standing in a clearfell and burnt logged forest – ‘welcome home’.
More resources are needed to monitor the 100 recorded smoky mice, or Pseudomys fumeus, in the wild in tiny populations in Victoria and NSW Scientists in New South Wales. Without a captive population, those colonies, each of an unknown size but consisting of no more than 30 recorded individuals, are the only chance for the …
Leaked documents and The Age’s excellent exposé on the disastrous decisions by DELWP fire managers before Christmas, again highlights this culture of gung-ho-ness which is causing so many losses – personal, social and environmental. There was more fire-excitement, more bad decisions, more escaped government burns, more homes lost, more wildlife killed, more heartache and angst. …
Our national park authorities are vandals and fabulists, inflicting mass destruction on wildlife and habitats, then calling it conservation At one end of the country, conservation groups are doing all they can to stop the burning of moors. Challenging the grouse shooting estates, for example, the Dartmoor authority justifies the practice: Dartmoor has been going …
The confidential state government files reveal that three days after a lightning strike on December 19 caused a small, half-hectare blaze to begin near Wye River, Victorian fire officials ordered a controlled burn operation which included the dropping of small fireballs from aircraft. The fact that the backburn operation and associated warnings have not been publicly detailed by …
In April last year the East Gippsland Galaxias was listed as Critically Endangered under the states FFG Act. Endemic to a small stretch of waterway in the Arte River system, a tributary of the Goolengook River. The specific name aequipinnis is from the Latin aequalis, meaning ‘like’ or ‘same’, and pinna, meaning ‘fin’, in reference …
In April last year the East Gippsland Galaxias was listed as Critically Endangered under the states FFG Act. Endemic to a small stretch of waterway in the Arte River system, a tributary of the Goolengook River. The specific name aequipinnis is from the Latin aequalis, meaning ‘like’ or ‘same’, and pinna, meaning ‘fin’, in reference …
Tasmania’s forestry industry, and not the State Government, can claim credit for a significant jump in woodchip exports over the past 12 months, the Opposition and the Greens have said. The industry is emerging from years of turmoil and decline, with new operators like Forico taking over woodchip mills closed when timber giant Gunns collapsed. …
At the start of the 2016 logging year, Environment East Gippsland is urging VicForests to adhere to the laws that protect rainforests and rare wildlife. “Since the government created this logging entity in 2004, we believe VicForests has consistently broken laws possibly to help cut its costs and increase profits”, said Jill Redwood of Environment …
