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Geological tour of Castlemaine

Posted on 17 April, 2017 by fobif

On our second FOBIF walk for the year on Easter Sunday local geologist, Clive Willman, led a group of 16 through Castlemaine streets and up to the Burke and Wills monument. Along the way he discussed the type and source of rocks … Continue reading →

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Get onto these

Posted on 10 April, 2017 by fobif

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

Posted on 10 April, 2017 by fobif

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?

Posted on 10 April, 2017 by fobif

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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Biodiversity [3]: here are some challenges

Posted on 10 April, 2017 by fobif

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 →

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