logging protest Victoria

Locals blockade Baillieu’s vandalism of iconic Yarra Valley mountain

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 04/06/2012 - 3:30pm

Local residents and environmentalists have this morning (4th June) blockaded the Baillieu government’s logging of the Yarra Valley’s most iconic mountain, Mt St Leonard.

Last week, the Baillieu government’s logging company VicForests sent bulldozers in to Mt St Leonard, one of the most controversial logging locations of recent years. Logging on the side of Mt St Leonard can be viewed from as far away as Kinglake and has residents who survived the 2009 fires fuming.

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Victoria
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Mount St Leonards
Toolangi

Toolangi Case decided: Forestry law designed to log, not protect

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 15/03/2012 - 5:56pm
  • Supreme Court judge has said an urgent overall review of Leadbeater’s Possum reserve in Central Highlands in needed
  • VicForests’ planned logging in Sylvia Creek now greatly reduced
  • Logging may now become unviable in many areas of Leadbeater’s Possum habitat
  • Community environment group considering options in wake of Supreme Court challenge to protect Victoria’s Leadbeater’s Possum
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Victoria
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Save Syliva Creek
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Toolangi Forest
Leadbeaters Possum
My Environment

Sylvia Creek update - Injunction on logging extended to February 6th 2012

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 20/09/2011 - 8:21pm

MyEnvironment wins interlocutory injunction! This morning the Supreme Court case for an interlocutory injunction was heard in Melbourne for alleged logging of Leadbeaters possum habitat by VicForests.

There is now an injunction in place for the Gun Barrel coupe at Sylvia Creek! The case will be heard by Justice Osborn on Feb 6, 2012. This is the same Justice who heard the Environment East Gippsland vs VicForests case over Brown Mountain. A big thank you to all who have supported the case so far. The work is now just beginning so we will continue to keep you up to date.

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Victoria
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Save Sylvia Creek
logging protest Victoria

Injunction halts logging at Sylvia Creek for next three weeks

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 26/08/2011 - 10:20pm

On August 25th a three week interim injunction was granted in the Victorian Supreme court on logging at Sylvia Creek/Gun Barrel coup after an application by the My Environment conservation group that the logging coupes contain habitat of the endangered Leadbeater's possum and should be protected under state law.

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Victoria
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Save Syliva Creek
logging protest Victoria

More arrests and court action to Save Sylvia Creek

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 24/08/2011 - 5:40pm

Two more people have been arrested at Sylvia Creek on the 23rd of August bring the total number of arrests to 16 at the blockade. The pair locked on to a logging truck holding up logging on the site in the Toolangi State Forest for 3 hours. The site represents some of the only old growth forests to have survived the Black Saturday fire intact and is also habitat for the endangered Leadbeaters Possum.

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Victoria
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Save Sylvia Creek
logging protest Victoria

Sylvia Creek blockade update

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 18/08/2011 - 7:16pm

The report below is from Don Butcher, a campaigner involved in the campaign to save Sylvia Creek from logging in the Toolangi State Forest east of Melbourne. This campaign has been going for more than a month and involved ten arrests so far.

Some of the community actions so far.

Community protests at Sylvia Creek

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Melbourne
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Save Syliva Creek
logging protest Victoria