by Environmental Justice Australia | Apr 1, 2022 | Biodiversity, Forests
Our mammoth three weeks in court representing Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH) has wrapped! We are so grateful for everyone’s support. To everyone who chipped in a donation, shared our posts on social media or followed the case live: thank you for backing...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Sep 25, 2020 | Forests
This year has been huge for Victoria’s forests and the wildlife that calls them home. Despite the summer bushfires wiping out vast swathes of forest and so much of our precious wildlife, logging has continued across the state. It’s more critical than ever that our...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Aug 28, 2020 | Biodiversity, National biodiversity laws
The mammoth David and Goliath battle which first began in 2017 has finally reached its conclusion. In August 2020, The Federal Court delivered final orders for our historic win for Friends of the Leadbeater’s Possum that protects the forests subject to the case from...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Mar 31, 2020 | Forests, Nature, Victorian biodiversity laws
It has been a huge few months for our forests and threatened wildlife. On 30 January representing Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH), we launched a Victorian Supreme Court Case against VicForests to stop logging in areas of unburnt habitat for threatened...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Mar 31, 2020 | Biodiversity, Forests, National biodiversity laws, Victorian biodiversity laws
MEDIA RELEASE Today, the Victorian and Commonwealth governments are expected to extend Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) for another 20 years in a move that environmental lawyers say will fail Victoria’s threatened species. Environmental Justice Australia (EJA)...