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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 →

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 →

The document is full of praiseworthy but often vague aspirations, but on occasions it does get specific, as in this: ‘Estimate of relative area required to deliver statewide targets [by 2037]: 4 million hectares of control of pest herbivores (e.g. … Continue reading →

Here are some interestingly provocative quotes from Biodiversity 2037: ‘Native plants and animals have an intrinsic right to exist, thrive and flourish.’ But elsewhere in the document we read: ‘Human-induced changes to the environment have, in some situations, led to … Continue reading →

The March edition of the VNPA’s Parkwatch magazine is now out, and can be found online here. It contains, among much else, informative stuff about Crusoe Reservoir, between Castlemaine and Bendigo; plans to log the wonderful Wellsford Forest, north of Bendigo; and … Continue reading →