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Clearfell "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.
Read More ShareE-Water & Cultural Flows: Watch It Now!
August 03, 2020
Did you catch our online discussion about the purpose of water in the environment and how cultural flows differ from them?
Read More ShareMore threatened species habitat temporarily protected!
July 18, 2020
The Supreme Court has has ordered that VicForests halt logging in six coupes in Toolangi and Black Range state forests, meaning 32 areas are now protected while Friends of the Earth membre group, WOTCH's...
Read More ShareOil Spill in Assam: India: extinguish the fire and clean up the mess now
July 09, 2020
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific and our allies at Delhi Solidarity Group express our shock and deep concerns regarding the adverse and irreparable environmental and social impacts of the fire and oil spill at...
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