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Imminent logging of Granite Mountain old growth
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...
Read MoreVicForests trying to get green tick for logging old growth forests
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...
Read MoreOld Growth Forests Court Case Update
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...
Read MoreSupreme Court Injunction halts logging of old growth forest
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....
Read MoreForest blockade established in East Gippsland’s Kuark forest to protest old growth 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.
Read MoreKuark forest old growth about to be logged
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...
Read MoreReport exposes Labor's lawless logging
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...
Read More50 people attend winter citizen science camp
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...
Read MoreProtect the Greater Glider from logging - Take action here!
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...
Read MoreGreater Glider set to be listed on Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act
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...
Read MoreEnvironmentalists who exposed logging have charges thrown out
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...
Read MoreCourt dismisses criminal charges against conservationists who exposed rainforest logging
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...
Read MoreHelp W-Tree community save the Basin Creek rainforest complex
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 ...
Read MoreOver 100 attend snap vigil for Victoria's threatened species
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...
Read MoreVictorian and Federal Governments extend logging agreement with no plan for threatened species
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...
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