Wombat Forestcare

Wombat Forestcare is a community group dedicated to protecting and enhancing the natural ecosystems of the Wombat Forest and surrounding areas.

[Victorian National Parks Association @vnpatweets]

In this issue of The Local, news from Daylesford, Castlemaine, Kyneton, Malmsbury, Creswick, Clunes, Hepburn Springs and surrounds @WForestcare Ask where is our promised National Park? @JacintaAllanMP @Steve_Dimo

Read more here https://t.co/0FQLwFt1Jg #NationalParks #Springst

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

It is a disgrace. This is happening in the promised Wombat-Lerderderg National Park. It is impossible that this amount of timber removal of fallen trees is for reduction of fire risk – perhaps we should completely clear the forest to eliminate any risk of a bushfire.

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

Biodiversity and Extreme Fire Research Uncovers Groundbreaking Data https://t.co/HxscaBnBmF via @YouTube

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

It’s hard not to wonder: are we prioritising short-term contracts over long-term nature protection?

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

@Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP Is the delay in legislating Victoria’s promised national parks linked to ongoing salvage operations? @FFMVic_Chief @FFMVic – much of this work is disturbing already-decomposed vegetation, creating new fine fuels. Can we have clarity on the intent here?

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

@Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP Is the delay in legislating Victoria’s promised national parks linked to ongoing salvage operations? @FFMVic_Chief @FFMVic – much of this work is disturbing already-decomposed vegetation, creating new fine fuels. Can we have clarity on the intent here?

[Victorian National Parks Association @vnpatweets]

Why are @FFMVic taking trees?

@WForestcare’s Gayle Osborne, said @DEECA_Vic acknowledged that fine fuels – not large fallen logs – drove bushfire behaviour.

“Yet DEECA’s storm recovery operations continue to remove these ecologically important logs”.

https://t.co/NX9mkUzcco

[Victorian National Parks Association @vnpatweets]

"I think the way that the government is treating our national parks and reserves … is really killing the goose that laid the golden egg — or at least removing the caretakers who look after those gooses laying those golden eggs."- @JCrooka VNPA Campaigner

https://t.co/ylKgZg2VBM

[Biodiversity Council @Biodivcouncil]

Only 41 animals and plants were added to the national threatened species list last year despite potentially thousands being in trouble, with Commonwealth Government resourcing the major limitation.

“The existing listing assessment process is resource intensive. At the moment we are concerned that not enough resourcing is going to assessments, and as such we are seeing far fewer species being added to the list than are actually at risk,” said Biodiversity Council Co-Chief Councillor Prof Hugh Possingham from The University of Queensland.

“Every Australian Government over the last decade has committed to preventing extinctions and recovering threatened species. Having an accurate threatened species list to guide conservation strategies and decisions is essential to achieving this.”

A 2023 global study by @westernsydneyu found that only 39% of Australia’s unique plant species have had their threats and conservation status assessed, compared to 87% in New Zealand and South Africa.

Another study by @CDUni found that 1-3 species of invertebrates are going extinct in Australia every week.

Listing species under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act affords them greater legal protection and visibility and will hopefully also attract new action to conserve them.

Read an ABC News article about the species added in 2024: https://t.co/BQQe0Q3zRx

Biodiversity Council says more resourcing is urgently needed for assessments - read more: https://t.co/SBDvoqGQNC

#conservation #biodiversity #australianwildlife #savingourspecies

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

"As a part of Victoria’s transition out of commercial native timber harvesting in state forests, the Victorian Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) were terminated on 31 December 2024". Now stay out. Legislate the Parks. https://t.co/piDQ980Xpb

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

With large swathes of the Grampians again severely affected by bushfire; Mount Cole in recovery etc - the Central West needs environmental care and funding. This is why we need 2 protect the Wombat Forest @Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP @MaryAnneThomas https://t.co/QlOugTRorV

[Victorian National Parks Association @vnpatweets]

This madness is on your watch @Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP @tanya_plibersek

"Up to 148 species are expected to go extinct in 2024"

Our elected leaders MUST prioritise nature protection.

ATM they're failing wildlife & the rights of future generations.

https://t.co/l57zwmeL3Q

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

Its good to see this story getting the air time it deserves (which is a whole lot more than can be said for the missing environment Min @Steve_Dimo and @JacintaAllanMP, @MaryAnneThomas ). We need a Minister for the environment not a conflicted Min. https://t.co/aoMBGL6RG1

[Victorian National Parks Association @vnpatweets]

On #InternationalVolunteerDay we celebrate the backbone of nature protection: our community volunteers.

With @JacintaAllanMP/@Steve_Dimo's cuts to @ParksVictoria these partnerships are so vital to safeguarding our wildlife & web of life for future generations.

💚@WForestcare

[Victorian National Parks Association @vnpatweets]

100+ passionate National park lovers gathered in Oakleigh this week to demand action on new National Parks and need for better funding of parks. Years of delay from @JacintaAllanMP's Labor Govt while forests & wildlife pay the price

Oakleigh Loves Parks. 🌳🐨 #springst

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

@agvocate_au Couldn't agree more. Clear classic case of deliberately underfunding something and setting it up to fail. The collective knowledge loss from the Department I imagine would be staggering. Prolonged inaction will cost us all dearly - fiscally, physically and mentally.

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

Broken trust on Parks, slashing Parks Vic, and abandoning nature during a climate crisis—this govt is dismantling its environmental legacy. Victorians demand accountability. Act now for nature. https://t.co/aoMBGL6RG1

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

@JacintaAllanMP @Steve_Dimo @MaryanneThomasMP Failing to create promised Parks & slashing Parks Vic during an environmental crisis is shameful. You're eroding public trust in protecting Victoria's future. Step up before it's too late. https://t.co/aoMBGL6RG1

[Wombat Forestcare @WForestcare]

The missing enviro Min @Steve_Dimo and @JacintaAllanMP failed to deliver on their promise to deliver 3 of the Central West Parks by the end of 2024. Salvage logging is about to begin again in areas slated for National Park. People fought 4 this 4 over 20 yrs. @MaryAnneThomas