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October 23, 2025

The Great Outdoors Taskforce could have been the moment Victoria moved from talk to transformation, but instead, we’ve been handed another consultation that tinkers at the edges.

October 12, 2025

If the Victorian Government can’t protect a frog site that’s signposted at both ends, how can we trust them with 1.2 million hectares of forests?

September 03, 2025

East Gippsland deserves more than broken promises — it deserves lasting protections. In 2019, Victorians were promised the largest expansion of protected areas in our state’s history. Six years later, those commitments remain unfinished. Forests like Errinundra and Kuark — a stronghold for cool...

July 22, 2025

Earlier this month, the Allan Government quietly announced it will open 130,000 hectares of the Errinundra and Snowy River National Parks in East Gippsland to recreational deer hunting — two of the most unique, remote, and beloved parts of Victoria’s protected estate.

May 08, 2025

The government department meant to protect our environment, DEECA, has been caught damaging critical habitat for the endangered Watson’s tree frog. We don't mess around when it comes to protecting our precious wildlife, and neither should the government. Recent DEECA actions in East Gippsland...

March 14, 2025

Looking for a beautiful tourist destination when the regions open? Forget VisitVictoria's website and head straight to Victoria's logging agency, VicForests' site. You'll be sure to find maps with the best (and last) ancient forests in the state. There's a catch though... they're all...

February 25, 2025

The abolition of Victoria’s Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) marks a historic victory for the forest movement. Seeing it publicly acknowledged is the culmination of decades of tireless efforts to protect these vital ecosystems.

December 09, 2024

We’ll spare you the suspense. They aren't. Because the vested interests and misinformed ideology of the old forestry bureaucracy have not gone away, our forests are still not safe from threats. We have seen this recently with the killing of an endangered Greater Glider...

August 19, 2024

It's been a while since you've heard from GECO, and even if we haven't had to get our climbing gear out of storage, we have continued our work advocating for forests.  Despite the official end of native forests logging on January 1st, 2024, the...

January 18, 2024

A tribute podcast and video by GECO forest crew to remember our dead forest defenders, read by Fiona York, Kim Shimlaki and Anita Davis, as part of the podcast series "GECO: 30 years fighting for forests"

January 11, 2024

In December 2023 we celebrated our 30th anniversary along with the end of native forest logging in Victoria! We reflected on the epic battles of the campaign, the people that passed along the way, and the people who stuck through it all thick and...

December 19, 2023

To celebrate our 30th anniversary, this new 6-part podcast series looks back on the wins, losses and lessons of a thirty year campaign to protect the forests of East Gippsland in Victoria. Produced by Fiona York and 3CR and available wherever you get your...

August 03, 2023

Holy shit. We get to turn 30 and celebrate the end of logging in Victoria at the same time... These moments are precious, and so we are throwing the party of the decade.      It will be pure punk revelry... RSVP here.  Want...

May 25, 2023

Huge news. The Premier announced today that native forest logging will cease in Victoria by Jan 1st 2024!  This is a win for the beautiful movement which has showed up for forests for decades! Every single person that came to blockades, lobbied your MP,...

May 12, 2023

On Saturday May 20th, the day Victoria's anti-protest laws come into effect, a mass survey action has been planned to protect forests, and the right to protest. Sign up to get involved here and someone will be in touch shortly with more information.   ...