Ross Scott, retired engineer with much waterways experience has been battling to draw attention to the declining condition of the Gippsland Lakes ecology for years, especially following the deeper dredging of the entrance in 2008. He has continued to run into a bureaucratically constructed defensive brick wall. Along with many credible scientists he now fears …
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’.
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. …
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 …
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 …
A recent Tasmanian study finds a “significant relationship” between logging management (clearfell and burn) in a stream’s headwaters and sediment pollution and declines in stream life. The very same would be true for similar forests and logging techniques in East Gippsland’s forests. The research carried out by experts from the University of Tasmania and the …
A landmark report calls for a fundamental rethink of Tasmania’s controversial logging practices, finding “significant” links to downstream siltation of waterways and declines in aquatic life. Conducted by experts from the University of Tasmania and the state Forest Practices Authority, it finds a “significant relationship” between upstream clear-fell logging and forest burning and downstream sediment …
The vital role of forests as climate moderators was endorsed for the first time in the history of climate negotiations. The Paris Agreement also acknowledged action is needed to move away from fossil fuels. The Federal Government has just agreed to hand $4.7 million to the logging industry to further its research and development work …
Just one day after our lawyers presented a ‘please explain’ letter to the CEO of VicForests (see our media release), logging has been stopped and machinery will be pulled out of a high habitat value stand of forest where tree felling had commenced, north east of Orbost. We believe the logging was unlawful – VicForests …
