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Email the Premier to protect forests, and rule out salvage logging
February 03, 2020
In November 2019 the Daniel Andrews government announced a commitment for all logging in native forests across the state to stop by 2030. Now this summer’s fires have added an urgent need to protect what remains. The ecological devastation of the bushfires has been...
Read MoreRainforests turned to ashes and logging industry calls to loot burnt forests
January 27, 2020
Below is footage of Martin's Creek, the largest area of warm temperate rainforest in Victoria that burnt in the bushfires in East Gippsland. Meanwhile the logging industry has been asking for government funding to salvage log in burnt areas. This is essentially further destroying...
Read MoreUrgent action for the Greater Glider
January 20, 2020
GECO along with our friends at Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH) have put together an email action for the the threatened Greater Glider. According to a leaked government report 25% of the remaining population of Greater Gliders is estimated to have perished in...
Read MoreTown of Goongerah devastated by fires
January 07, 2020
The small community of Goongerah in East Gippsland has been horribly impacted by fires still raging across the country. All residents are safe and accounted for, but 10 people have lost their homes. The town remains cut off, and the impact these fires have...
Read MoreMassive year for East Gippsland's forests!
December 23, 2019
We want to say a huge THANK YOU to all the people who wrote to politicians, made submissions, donated, signed petitions, and shared our posts. Thanks to you we’ve had some important wins, and we’re gearing up for another year of campaigning for permanent...
Read MoreHave your say, scrap the draft old growth forests tool
December 12, 2019
The government announced the protection of 90,000ha of old growth forests, but VicForests' have been left in charge of finding and protecting them using an inadequate field verification tool which declassifies old growth forest. The Environment Departments' Office of Conservation Regulator (OCR) are currently...
Read MoreOld growth forests still being logged, take action now
November 21, 2019
The Premier and Environment Minister promised to protect old growth forests, but old growth forests are still being logged right now. We need to know how they're going to stick to their commitment and ban old growth logging for good. Send the premier and...
Read MoreBreaking down the gov’s announcement; What does this actually mean for Victoria’s forests?
November 09, 2019
It’s been an emotional few days following the Victorian government announcement that logging native forests will end in 2030. The government has also committed to state-wide protections for 90,000ha of old growth forests, and 96,000ha of new protected areas, 48,500 of which are...
Read MoreVic govt takes positive and welcome first step to protect native forests
November 07, 2019
Goongerah Environment Centre and Friends of the Earth have today welcomed the Victorian government announcement of protection of 96,000 hectares of forests in eastern Victoria and complete and immediate protection of 90,000 hectares of old growth forest, but say more details and maps are...
Read MoreMinister abandons dodgy code review
October 25, 2019
Last month the environment minister Lily D’Ambrosio abandoned alarming proposed changes to the ‘Code of Practice for Timber Production’ after huge concerns were raised by environment groups. Over a thousand people emailed the minister to scrap the proposed changes, which would have taken an...
Read MoreRare Satinwood under threat from logging at Mt. Buck rainforest
October 03, 2019
Geco citizen scientists have discovered the rare Satanwood (Nematolepis squamea subsp. Squamea) plant within a rainforest site of significance about to be logged by Vicforests in East Gippsland As we write, Less than 2000 individual Satinwood plants are known to exist in Victoria. With...
Read MoreEnvironment Department Takes Axe to Environment Protections
September 23, 2019
Nature conservation groups are alarmed at proposed changes to critical rules to protect forest wildlife and cultural heritage from logging. The Code of Practice for Timber Production (the Code) is the key regulatory tool used to manage native forest logging in Victoria. Proposed changes...
Read MoreEnvironment department plan to cut forest protections
September 23, 2019
UPDATE: The Minster has announced the Code review consultation has been withdrawn and acknowledged there are legitimate concerns around the draft changes. We raised our voices and she listened. It's really important that future changes to logging regulations strengthen environmental protections, not weaken them as...
Read MoreGov’t survey shows public support forest protection, not logging
August 01, 2019
Results of a public survey conducted by the Victorian government show overwhelming support for protecting native forests from logging and provide the Andrews Labor government with a strong platform to protect forests and transition jobs out of the native forest logging sector, say environment...
Read MoreCottonwood range Greater Glider habitat getting the chop
July 30, 2019
An important hot spot for the threatened Greater Glider is being logged. Logging by VicForests in the 'Shazam' coupe in the Cottonwood range on the Errinundra plateau near the town of Bendoc in East Gippsland begun over two weeks ago. The forest supports many...
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