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FOBIF gears up for a Wattle guide

FOBIF has undertaken the production of a field guide to local Acacias, modelled on its guide to local Eucalypts. Like the Eucalypt guide it will be directed at beginners, and will be generously illustrated with photos to help identification. The … Continue reading

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Roadsides: some questions

FOBIF has written to the Mount Alexander Shire asking for a meeting to discuss the Council’s plans on roadside vegetation [see our Post] Our concerns relate to work in progress maps we have seen which seem to completely overlook some … Continue reading

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Get onto these

Local cartographer Mal ‘Jase’ Haysom has just released the latest in his series of excellent maps, this one being of the Muckleford Forest. The map can be found at the website of Cartography Community Services, along with others in the … Continue reading

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Biodiversity [1]: add this one to your collection

Victoria has a new biodiversity plan. Protecting Victoria’s Environment—Biodiversity 2037 was launched last week by the State Government. It can be found here. Readers may remember that FOBIF made a brief submission to the process of developing this paper last … Continue reading

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Biodiversity [2]: guess what the key is?

Having registered this depressing fact, we need to look at the current document, and ask: what does it add up to? It adds up to money. Here’s a key passage: ‘The degraded health of Victoria’s biodiversity is the result of … Continue reading

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