Land and Water News

Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the attack at Bondi Beach. Our hearts are with the victims, the survivors, and with their families, friends and loved ones. We extend our deepest solidarity to...

As fire season gets underway, crews across many parts of the country have been very busy in recent weeks. There are many things that go into effective firefighting: having adequate and well trained crews...

Our national nature laws, which date back to the days when John Howard was prime minister, are broken. They have failed people and nature for decades. The federal ALP came to power on a...

Our federal environment laws (called the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, or EPBC) were created in the 1990s when John Howard was prime minister. They were never designed to really protect land and...

Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires in many regions of the world. This is due partly to specific weather conditions -- known as fire weather -- that facilitate the spread of wildfires....

Many thousands of Australians spent years working to see wild and special places protected in national parks, World Heritage and other conservation reserves. From central Tasmania to the forests of south western WA, K’gari...

Friends of the Mountain are proud to invite you to Mountain Minds. This will be a free community gathering of music, talks, workshops and yoga, designed to bring people together through their shared passion...

The fires currently tearing through Los Angeles are a reminder that Australia can no longer rely on northern hemisphere nations for water-bombing aircraft and firefighters during our summer. “During our Black Summer, more than...

A proposed "block caving" gold and copper mine proposed by Australian mining exploration company Solgold, will most likely cause untold environmental harm to the region. Solgold have been working in Ecuador for over a...

You’ve probably heard about PFAS - a collection of more than 14,000 chemicals that don’t break down and can accumulate in the environment and people. Some PFAS chemicals have been associated with higher risk...