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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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Biodiversity [3]: here are some challenges

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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Biodiversity [4]: provocations

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

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Check this out

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

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Small group of walkers braved the heat

Despite the unseasonably warm weather a small but select group of nine kicked off the 2017 walks season by visiting Mt Alexander. Starting from Coopers Lane we climbed to Roxanne Pass, then off track we contoured above Laytons Quarry and up … Continue reading

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