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Crunch Time Looming for Maryvale Pulp Mill Supply
October 14, 2020
In late 2019, the Daniel Andrews Labor Victorian Government announced that by 2030 there would be no more native forest logging in Victoria. The Government said there would be a transition to plantations and...
Read More ShareQuantifying community concerns over drinking water quality in Australia
October 05, 2020
The Australian Drinking Water Map was created by Friends of the Earth (FoE) in November 2017 as an attempt to determine which communities around Australia are most concerned about the quality of their drinking...
Read More ShareThe significance of Strzelecki koalas in relation to the translocated koala populations of Victoria and South Australia.
September 13, 2020
The are two distinct koala populations in Victoria and South Australia. One is the endemic Strzelecki koala of South Gippsland Victoria and the other being koalas translocated from Victorian island populations throughout Victoria and...
Read More ShareClearfell "insanity" threatens Victoria's most important fish hatchery
September 06, 2020
Snobs Creek Fish Hatchery plays a vital role in ensuring the long term survival of vulnerable native species such as Murray Cod, and the endangered Trout Cod and Macquarie Perch. All face an uncertain...
Read More ShareRinehart's Mining Camp Burnt Down in Ecuador
September 02, 2020
News is filtering through about the destruction of a mining camp owned by Hanrine Exploration in Ecuador on August 25. Hanrine is a subsidiary of Australian Billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting. Hanrine has been...
Read More ShareNew Report shows that the Strzelecki Koala Faces an Uncertain Future
August 27, 2020
Between December 2019 and July 2020, Environmental group, Friends of the Earth, carried out 200 koala surveys in the Strzelecki Ranges and Gippsland Region. The surveys hoped to better understand habitat utilisation by koalas...
Read More ShareForest under threat and a free pass for illegal logging
August 11, 2020
Friends of the Earth member group, GECO, have released shocking footage of renewed logging activity in Victoria's fire ravaged forests.
Read More ShareAustralia needs an independent regulator to protect land, water and climate
August 11, 2020
The interim report from a landmark review into Australia's national environment laws has concluded that the environment is getting worse despite the laws that were designed to protect it.
Read More ShareChemical "castration" of marsupials by herbicide Atrazine revealed. Australian regulator silent
August 08, 2020
New research conducted by Melbourne University has revealed for the first time, that the widely used herbicide, Atrazine, can interfere and disrupt signals from reproductive hormones during development, causing major abnormalities in marsupials. It...
Read More ShareInvasive Species Inundate Australia's Largest Inland Waterway System - The Gippsland Lakes
August 04, 2020
The Gippsland Lakes, Australia's largest inland waterway system are facing many threats.
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