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January 25, 2018

Old growth logging operations in far East Gippsland have been stopped again for the fourth day this week, as conservationists continue to blockade the access road to the VicForests logging coupe at Granite Mountain, near the Errinundra National Park. A person is suspended in...

January 23, 2018

Conservationists from the Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) continue to maintain the peaceful blockade of old growth forest at Granite Mountain in far East Gippsland that was established on Monday morning. As the blockade enters its second day a person remains suspended from a tripod...

January 22, 2018

Forest conservationists from Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) have established an old growth forest blockade this morning at Granite Mountain, near the Errinundra National Park in far East Gippsland. A person is suspended 10 metres above the ground, hanging from a tripod structure that is...

January 17, 2018

For twenty years the native forest logging industry has been exempt from complying with Federal environment laws. The exemption is granted through the Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs).

December 18, 2017

Old growth forest on Granite Mountain in far East Gippsland is under imminent threat. VicForests has listed coupes 889-506-0032 and 889-506-0017 as "Harvest Pending", a sign that logging coupe commence any day. We conducted  a half day survey of the old growth forest in...

December 06, 2017

VicForests is pursuing Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for the third time in decade. The internationally recognised certification label regards itself as having strict environmental standards. Today we joined FSC's independent auditors from SCS Global to show them the impacts of logging on threatened...

November 29, 2017

Great news! Logging was set to commence in old growth forest in the Goongerah Creek catchment this summer, but it has been given a temporary reprieve as it is now the subject of the Kuark forest old growth Supreme Court Case, brought by the...

November 01, 2017

Forest conservationists who established a blockade of old growth forest in East Gippsland are celebrating today after environment groups secured a legal injunction that has stalled the logging operation. Controversy erupted last week when VicForests constructed a road into the forest to commence logging....

October 31, 2017

Twenty conservationists have established a forest blockade in East Gippsland to prevent logging machinery entering an area of old growth forest due to be logged this week by the Victorian state government logging agency VicForests.

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...