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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...
Read MoreTerrifying 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...
Read MoreAndrews 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. ...
Read MoreHave 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...
Read MoreUnburnt 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...
Read MoreCourt 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...
Read MoreBidewell-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...
Read MoreGreat 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...
Read MoreVicForests pulls out of contentious logging coupe in Errinundra
March 27, 2021
VicForests have removed the coupe in Errinundra where community protests have halted logging for nearly 2 months from the immediate schedule. Multiple tree-sits had been set up in the area, two people have been arrested since the protests started at the end of January...
Read MoreEnvironment 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...
Read MoreTake 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...
Read MoreForest refuges under threat from logging by the Andrews Government
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. The report titled After the Fires: protecting...
Read MoreTree-sit protests in Melbourne's CBD and East Gippsland call for protection of forests
February 22, 2021
A tree-sit has been set up in Melbourne's CBD in solidarity with ongoing protests in Errinundra, East Gippsland. For four weeks a blockade has stopped logging in East Gippsland. Search and rescue police have already arrived to arrest the tree-sitter bringing the issue to...
Read MoreForest protest halts logging for a second week!
February 12, 2021
For two weeks logging has been halted in a precious area of forests in Errinundra. For 11 days an East Gippsland local stayed up a tree-sit to stop machines from coming in, they were arrested a few days ago, along with another person occupying...
Read MoreTree-sit halts logging on the Errinundra Plateau
February 01, 2021
Protesters are occupying an area of forest about to be logged on the Errinundra Plateau in East Gippsland. One local community member has taken residence in a tree-sit suspended 40 metres up a giant Eucalypt tree to halt destruction of the area. The tree-sit...
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