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Damning audit of Environment Department shows failure to stop wildlife extinction

October 13, 2021

A scathing report from the Auditor General has been handed down in Parliament today showing a catastrophic failure of Victoria's Environment Department to halt the decline of threatened species. It echoes similar findings handed down two years ago after Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio commissioned...

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Giant 14m 'Cathedral' tree found in forests slated for logging

October 06, 2021

GECO volunteers have found a giant 14m circumference Errinundra Shining gum in forests slated for logging, only a few hundred metres from a main tourist road. The tree is around the same size and significance as the giant tree protected in the Old Growth...

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Thanks to those who came to our citizen science weekend and online campaign launch!

October 01, 2021

Thanks so much to the regional Victorians who came out to our citizen science camp over the long weekend! We went surveying for Greater Gliders, and walked through forests that were recently added to the logging schedule near Errinundra on Bidewell and Monero Country....

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Court injunction stops logging on Gunnai Country

September 01, 2021

Logging has been halted in an important area of forest home to critically endangered Masked Owl, and Yellow-bellied Gliders where GECO says logging was unlawful. Conservation groups sounded the alarm over illegal logging in the Colquhoun State Forest on Gunnai Kurnai Country in December...

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Terrifying future for Greater Glider as it's set to go from vulnerable to endangered

August 27, 2021

In just over 5 years Greater Gliders are going from vulnerable to endangered under federal legislation, and are also set to be listed as endangered in Victoria. A new study shows threatened species laws are failing to stop the decline of wildlife like the...

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Andrews government rushing through major changes to weaken logging laws

July 27, 2021

Alarming changes to the Code of Practice, or "the Code" are being rushed through by the Andrews government. The Environment Department have given communities less than a month to respond to the changes which are spread out over more than 350 pages of documents. ...

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Have your say in the government's bushfire review

July 12, 2021

In March 2020, just a few months after the devastating 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires, state and federal governments rolled over the controversial Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) which give logging an exemption from federal environment laws. A new clause has been introduced where a significant...

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Unburnt forests in Swifts Creek targeted for logging

June 21, 2021

The Victorian government is targeting forests in Swifts Creek on Gunai Kurnai Country for logging despite being an important refuge area for wildlife after the bushfires. Conservation groups and East Gippsland locals have recently visited the area and are shocked at the scale of...

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Court injunction stops logging in Errinundra!

May 15, 2021

UPDATE: Two areas have been taken off the immediate schedule, and state-owned VicForests told the courts they won't log forests in 'Alla Turca' till next year, and all the logging machines have left the area! Environment East Gippsland (EEG) have secured a court injunction...

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Bidewell-Maap custodians call for protection of Country from logging

May 04, 2021

Last year three generations of First Nations Bidewell families visited the Bidewell reserve on the Errinundra Plateau, where logging is scheduled. Over 60 coupes are on the schedule on Bidewell Country around Errinundra/Cottonwood forests   But there is no consent from Bidewell Elder's to...

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Great turn out at Easter Camp as protest enters 9th week!

April 07, 2021

Over 30 people attended our Easter citizen science and skill share camp over the long weekend, including Green Senator and First Nations activist Lidia Thorpe. Volunteers did surveys for Greater Gliders, tree measuring, and marked out a walk through an incredible area of threatened...

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Environment Department handballs wildlife protections to government logging agency

March 05, 2021

East Gippsland conservation groups were outraged to learn this week that environmental protections for threatened species detected in state forests are being designed by state owned logging company VicForests. GECO received notice from the Environment Department that a report submitted last year for detections...

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Take action! After the fires, forests need protection

February 23, 2021

A new report showing analysis of maps and data from the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires has revealed the significant areas of unburnt forests critical for bushfire affected wildlife are set to be logged by the Victorian Government. These and other important areas are still...

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