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October 22, 2017

A road has been pushed into the ancient Kuark forest and logging could commence any day. The forest is one of the most significant stands of old growth forest remaining in Victoria. Logging has not yet started, so there's still time to stop it

September 07, 2017

To mark National Threatened Species day, we've teamed up with Friends of the Earth Melbourne to release a report documenting 27 unlawful native forest logging operations in protected threatened species habitat and rainforest.  These logging operations have occurred under the Andrews Labor government. Read...

June 13, 2017

Cold weather and the official start of winter didn't deter fifty enthusiastic citizen scientists from attending GECO's winter forest survey camp in Goongerah over the long weekend. GECO's 12th citizen science camp attracted a diverse crowd of people from Melbourne, Gippsland and Sydney who...

June 02, 2017

 Government scientists have advised Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio to issue a conservation order to protect the Greater Glider from logging. The Minister's department has urged her not to follow this advice.   Instead the department recommended discussions with the state logging agency for ‘voluntary...

April 24, 2017

The Victorian Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) has made a final recommendation to list the greater glider as a protected species on the Flora and Fauna Guarantee (FFG) Act. The greater glider was nominated for listing last year, the SAC final recommendation has now been...

April 03, 2017

Originally published on the The Age website Bianca Hall  - February 26 2017 Two environmentalists who entered an East Gippsland logging coupe to document the destruction of rainforest have had charges against them dismissed. The court decision is the final chapter on what has...

February 23, 2017

Two conservationists from Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) had charges dismissed in the Orbost Magistrates Court today. Ed Hill and Joe Henderson were prosecuted for entering a logging area where they documented and reported logging of protected rainforest in East Gippsland in April 2015. Hill...

February 15, 2017

The W-Tree community near the Snowy river in East Gippsland, need your help to stop logging of the Basin Creek rainforest complex. This spectacular rainforest area is under threat from VicForests logging operations. Click here to sign the petition to Victorian Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio ...

February 07, 2017

Over 100 people attended a snap vigil for Victoria's forest dependent threatened species on the steps of Victorian parliament house yesterday. The vigil was called just four days ago in response the the Victorian and Federal government's decision to extend the East Gippsland Regional...

February 03, 2017

Environment groups are raising concerns about the Victorian and federal governments decision to extend the East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement (RFA). The RFA is a 20 year agreement between state and federal governments that exempts logging from complying with Federal environment law. It was...

December 20, 2016

This week a coalition of 25 environment groups is urging Premier Daniel Andrews to abandon his plans to extend the legal exemption given to the native forest logging industry in East Gippsland. The East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) is a 20-year arrangement between...

December 19, 2016

Since the late 1990s the logging industry in Victoria has been exempt from adhering to federal environment laws that protect our nationally threatened wildlife. Only native forest logging gets this special exemption known as a 'regional forest agreement' (RFA) In February 2017 the East...

November 16, 2016

Logging has been stopped for the second time in one week in the Goongerah forest block. Last week VicForests were forced to stop logging at Mt. Jersey after GECO raised concerns with the state government about the threat logging posed to the endangered large...

November 09, 2016

Logging has been stopped by the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP) in forest near Goongerah. The forest is habitat for the endangered large brown tree frog (Litoria littlejohni), a species thought to be extinct from Victoria until rediscovered by GECO volunteers...

November 09, 2016

Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) has sent a report to the state government detailing illegal logging at Mt. Jersey in East Gippsland. GECO are concerned that logging is impacting on habitat for the Endangered large brown tree frog and protected rainforest. The large brown tree...