Newsletters
FriendsNET #110 April 2020
FriendsNET_110_April_2020.02 In this edition you will find many articles of interest; Environmental volunteers networking event in Ballarat. COVID-19 & environmental volunteering. Greater Gariwerd Landscape Management Plan. COVID-19: An opportunity for environmental justice? Coastcare grants close [...]
FriendsNET #109 December 2019
FriendsNET_109_December_2019.02 In this edition you will find many articles of interest; VEFN 2019 AGM report. Volunteer grants now open. Apply by mid-February 2020. Logging of native forest in Victoria to cease by 2030. DELWP maps [...]
FriendsNET #108 September 2019
FriendsNET_108_September_2019.01 In this edition you will find many articles of interest; 2019 Best Friends. $2.8m awarded for Victorian Landcare grants. $1m for Community Climate Change Action grants. Victorian Junior Landcare & Biodiversity grants awarded. Nature [...]
FriendsNET #107 May 2019
FriendsNET_107_May_2019 In this edition you will find many articles of interest; Nominations open for 2019 Best Friend Awards IPBES warning on global biodiversity. $154m for new suburban parks & trails. Victorian Landcare grants close 12 [...]
FriendsNET #106 March 2019
FriendsNET_106_March_2019 In this edition you will find many articles of interest; Oxfam changes course for 2019 Trailwalker route saving fragile mountain trails. Victoria's poor report card on biodiversity. Bird feeding at Grants Picnic Ground [...]
FriendsNET #105 December 2018
FriendsNET_105_December_2018.01 In this edition you will find many articles of interest; Oxfam 2019 Trailwalker route puts fragile mountain trails at risk. Parks Victoria reborn through new Parks Act. Parks Victoria obligated to consult with Friends [...]
Reports & Submissions
Victoria’s New Biodiversity Strategy: Protecting Victoria’s Environment – Biodiversity 2036
The new biodiversity strategy, Protecting Victoria's Environment – Biodiversity 2036, is to be commended for its ambition to reverse the continued loss of biodiversity in Victoria, as well as for recognising the historic and contemporary actions that are the cause.