From the forest to the sea

Earth Matters · May 1, 2016

Environment East Gippsland set a legal precedent in 2009 when they successfully sued Vic Forests in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Since then a swag of endangered species of flora and fauna have been discovered in Vic Forests logging coups, thanks to the work of citizen scientists. So Environment East Gippsland are back in the Supreme court taking Vic Forests to task.We also discuss the disastrous history of the Regional Forestry Agreement, and what the Victorian state budget means for East Gippsland's forests.Surveying the scale and severity of the bleaching has been a massive undertaking…