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Did you know native forests are still being logged in Victoria - mostly for wood chips which end up as cheap paper and card board products?

 

We're fighting to stop the destruction.

 

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The Victorian Forest Alliance brings together more than 30 groups actively protecting native forests across Victoria.

 

Collectively, we have decades of experience working with our local communities. Our mission is to protect and restore native forests across the state.

The forests we defend and restore are unceded lands. We recognise and respect that the forests which we work to protect exist on a number of different Sovereign Aboriginal Nations and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

Our citizen science project helps protect wildlife and threatened species in forests schedules for logging.

 

We work closely with citizen science groups like Kinglake Friends of the Forest, Gippsland Environment Group, and Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH) to conduct wildlife surveys in forests scheduled for logging.

Read more about the program here.

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Visit new environment minister Ingrid Stitt MP

Post last year's state election, we now have a new environment minister, Ingrid Stitt MP, and the community has wasted no time in sending through emails and letters to let her know that...
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2023 VFA kick off for forests - online

Join us online for an info session to kick start our year for forests!Agenda: -Short recap of state election effort-Current state of play in the newly elected government-The current window of opportunity for...
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Carbon Report - Online Webinar

Join the Victorian Forest Alliance with The Tree Projects for a special presentation with Dr Jennifer Sanger author of the newly released Victoria's Forest Carbon Report, with special guest TBA.Jen will be presenting...
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New environment minister Ingrid Stitt must act to protect forests & end logging

January 18, 2023

We joined a number of environment groups to send a joint letter to newly appointed Environment Minister Ingrid Stitt to urgently act to end native forest logging in Victoria for good. Late last year VicForests lost three court cases, which found they were failing...

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Friends of the Earth: Invasion Day Events 2023

January 24, 2023

January 26 is a day of mourning for First Nations people, also known as Invasion Day, or Survival Day. Here are some events across the continent where First Nations people and allies are...
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VFA surveyors head to the Alpine regions!

January 24, 2023

The warm summer months have been a great opportunity for the VFA survey team to get out into the Alpine regions, with trips to Mount Stirling on Taungurung Country late last year,...
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The Age: ‘Entirely inappropriate’: Alarm over Dandenongs National Park tree removal

December 24, 2022

Conservationists and landcare groups have raised the alarm over plans to remove fallen and “hazardous” trees from two forested areas in the Dandenong Ranges National Park on Melbourne's suburban fringe.
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The Age: Logging agency VicForests blames legal woes for record financial loss

December 22, 2022

State-owned logging agency VicForests has recorded an unprecedented $52.4 million financial loss this year, blaming it on the cost of court cases brought against it by community environment groups. The figure is...
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State election wrap up!

November 29, 2022

Labor has been re-elected for another term of government, and now is the time to act to protect forests. Native forest logging was a huge election issue, and we're calling on the...
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The Age: ‘Protection zones’ for endangered possums already logged, environment groups say

November 25, 2022

Forest areas the Andrews government recently set aside to protect the endangered greater glider had been logged before they were gazetted, providing scant additional habitat for the rare possum. In October, the...
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Glider protection areas logged before being protected

November 25, 2022

The Andrews government recently set aside protection areas in native forests across the state for protection of the endangered greater glider. However, conservation groups are shocked to discover a large number of...
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Citizen science program heads to Swifts Creek!

November 20, 2022

In between the madness of state election organising, our citizen science team has been hard at work surveying for threatened and endangered wildlife in forests scheduled for logging. A few weeks ago...
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AFR: Logging native forests in Victoria costs more money than it makes

November 15, 2022

Immediately ending native forest logging across Victoria’s central highlands, one of the world’s most intense carbon sinks, would generate an extra $60 million in benefits for the state this decade alone. In...
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