Pest News
Controlling weed spread
The Bureau of Rural Sciences has recently produced a pair of brochures to promote best practice processing of green waste, to minimise weed spread.
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Savannah cats banned
That's some relief - thanks Peter Garrett!
Mr Garrett said he would not hesitate to use his powers under the EPBC Act to prevent the live import of any species or breed that poses a significant risk to the Australian environment or wildlife.
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"The threat posed by pest animals to biodiversity in New South Wales" Excerpt: "Comparisons of all threats showed that pest animals are contributing significantly to biodiversity decline in New South Wales, posing the fourth greatest threat, behind land clearing, altered fire regimes and weeds. Collectively, alien species (pest animals and weeds) pose the second greatest threat. Pest animals also rank highly |
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Plant scientists at the Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management (Weeds CRC) today warned gardeners that some waterwise garden plants can jump the garden fence and invade the natural environment. |
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Latest News - Habitat Network East Gippsland
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Organic Food and Farming Conference |
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Written by hneg coordinator
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 |
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The Organic Agriculture Association has developed an Organic Food and Farming Conference to take place on November 8 & 9, 2010.
For further information, http://www.organicagriculture.asn.au/newsandevents.htm
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Revised Forest Management zoning for East Gippsland |
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Written by hneg coordinator
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 |
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DSE has just released the draft revised forest management zoning scheme for East Gippsland for a 30 day public comment period. Comments are due by September 20, 2010.
For a direct link to maps go to http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/forests and look under 'What's New'.
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Win for Forests in Supreme Court |
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Written by hneg coordinator
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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In a landmark decision on August 11, the Supreme Court has found that the government has a responsibility to look for and protect endangered wildlife before logging in the contentious Brown Mountain forests.
EEG spokesperson, Jill Redwood, is calling on the Victorian Government to respect the judgement by stopping logging in native forests that may contain rare wildlife, until the full implications of this judgement are examined.
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Snowy River Alliance takes on NSW government over Snowy Water licence |
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Written by hneg coordinator
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Friday, 23 July 2010 |
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Snowy River Alliance (SRA) will file proceedings on July 23rd 2010, in the Supreme Court of NSW against the NSW Water Administration Ministerial Corporation over the Snowy Water Licence review.
SRA are requesting that the Supreme Court declare the NSW Government's first five year review of the Snowy Water Licence invalid, as it did not comply with the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act, and consequently the Licence variations given effect on May 1st are also invalid, and should be set aside.
SRA Chairman, John Gallard, comments that according to the Snowy Hydro Act, the first five year review of the Snowy Water Licence is a review of the License provisions relating to Snowy River environmental flows. This aspect has not been addressed.
Further information can be obtained by contacting John Gallard,
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or 026456 2159.
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Written by hneg coordinator
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Monday, 28 June 2010 |
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The ecology and management of the Gippsland Lakes and other coastal lagoons in south-eastern Australia is the subject of a conference to be held in Lakes Entrance.
When: October 27 & 28, 2010
Where: Bellevue on the Lakes, 201 The Esplanade, Laes Entrance, VIC 3909
Cost: $200 per person (employer paid) OR $50 per person for the general public or members of community groups etc
Conference Registration Form can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2feaw6t
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Coastline Update Winter 2010 |
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Written by hneg coordinator
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Friday, 11 June 2010 |
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The latest issue of Coastline Update, Coast Action/Coastcare's quarterly newsletter can be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/38chwp3
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Gippsland Lakes Taskforce INFFER Report |
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Written by hneg coordinator
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Thursday, 03 June 2010 |
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The Taskforce has recently published a report on its website http://www.gippslandlakestaskforce.vic.gov.au, which looks at the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of achieving phosphorus reduction for the Gippsland Lakes using the Investment Framework for Environmental Resources (INFFER) tool.
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Save Bastion Point update |
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Written by hneg coordinator
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 |
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The judgement of Friends of Mallacoota vs Minister for Planning and Anor was handed down on 27 May 2010 by Justice Osborn at the Supreme Court of Victoria.
The outcome was not in favour of the Friends of Mallacoota action, but the Justice found that there was no evidence that the Expert Panel's assessment was other than a careful, fair and balanced evaluation.
The Justice made it abundantly clear that even though Minister Madden acted within his legal bounds, his role was to perform an assessment of the environmental impact, not give an approval for the development. The final approval rests with Minister Gavin Jennings.
The full judgement is available from http://www.savebastionpoint.org.au
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