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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. The name 'Victorian' Forest Alliance has been chosen to geographically locate our broad-based alliance. We acknowledge that the Victorian Forest Alliance operates on the Sovereign Lands of First Nations Peoples.

 

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

We are building a movement to see the permanent protection and restoration of our forests and we need your help.

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VFA project to support citizen science

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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New report shows immediately ending native forest logging could prevent 14 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2030

November 03, 2022

A new forest carbon report published by The Tree Projects and Victorian Forest Alliance has found that native forest logging in Victoria emits around 3 million tonnes of carbon per year. This is equivalent to 700,000 medium sized cars, or almost double the emissions...

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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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ABC News: 90,000 hectares of old growth forest was earmarked for protection, within days it was being logged

November 13, 2022

Environmentalists who had supported and applauded the government’s move were blindsided — and now say they were tricked by the government. A letter on behalf of six of those groups wrote to...
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Doctors for the Environment Australia: Victorian Government urged to end native forest logging

November 10, 2022

As the federal government considers joining the global push to halt deforestation by 2030 at COP27 this week, the Victorian government is facing calls at home to end native forest logging and...
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Community groups win legal battle for protection of gliders!

November 07, 2022

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court on Friday found Victorian government-owned logging company VicForests has logged illegally, and ruled for the first time that VicForests must protect endangered greater gliders, and...
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The Age: Logging agency VicForests failed to protect endangered possums, court finds

November 05, 2022

Victoria’s Supreme Court has found state-owned logging agency VicForests failed to follow the law and protect endangered greater gliders and yellow-bellied gliders when logging native forests.
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