Victoria Info

Take real action on climate change - May 11, 2008

Reducing emissions from fossil fuels is critical, but just as important is the protection of native forests as carbon banks, and securing our water resources and wildlife habitat for future generations.

Choosing a future for Victoria's forests - September 18, 2007

The Wilderness Society along with other members of the Victorian Forest Alliance have just released a plan for Victoria's forests that spells a brighter future for our wildlife, air and water, while also offering a comprehensive transition strategy for the logging industry.

Victoria's forests - for water, air and wildlife - November 15, 2006

The time has come to protect our remaining old-growth forests, water catchments and homes for endangered wildlife. Learn more about Victoria's Forest Campaign here.

Victoria's forests - for water, air and wildlife - September 18, 2007

The time has come to protect our remaining old-growth forests, water catchments and homes for endangered wildlife. Learn more about Victoria's Forest Campaign here.

Protecting Victoria - January 01, 2008

About our campaigns throughout Victoria.

Blockade rescues Melbourne's water catchment - December 20, 2007

Two days after it was discovered that logging is taking place in one of Melbourne’s pristine water catchments, The Wilderness Society moves in to establish a tree platform high in the forest canopy to stop old growth logging just 2 hours drive east of Melbourne.

Cobboboonee to Kalingur - Little Desert - reconnecting and protecting the forests of Victoria’s far South-West - September 18, 2007

In far South-West Victoria lowland forests meet and give way to the drier forests and woodlands of stringy bark and gums that flourish on the edges of inland deserts. In this region where species mix and the Great Dividing Range ends or begins rare plants and animals are in urgent need of a habitat lifeline.

Logging in Melbourne's Water Catchments! - June 18, 2007

Melbourne’s water catchments lie in the Central Highlands. Five of these catchments, which supply 40 per cent of Melbourne’s drinking water, are open to clearfell logging. Several independent studies have found that clearing and regeneration of these forests has a dramatic effect on water yield.

The Wilderness Society Victoria contacts - July 29, 2009

For public, media and other enquiries.

Aussie soap stars visit Victoria's forests - April 10, 2007

Aussie stars have joined the throng of celebrities coming out in support of environmental issues. The Wilderness Society recently visted Victoria's East Gippsland forests with Dichen Lachman (pictured right) along with TV soap stars of the present and past.