Vote environment
& forests - Elections are a good time to pressure your local candidates
to take a stand for forest protection. So far, both the Liberal and Labor
parties are supporting the ongoing destruction of irreplaceable old growth
native forests and the habitat of rare, threatened and endangered animals
and plants. This site has great information on the current political
& environmental situation of our forests.
Jack Thompson - Save Forest
- Famed actor and Australian icon, Jack Thompson recently became involved
in a campaign to bring environmental issues back to the forefront of popular
awareness. This transcript of a press conference held in Northern New South
Wales in which Jack explains why...
Tas Forests contains
articles and views from people around Tasmania
The Central Highlands Alliance
is The Central Highlands Alliance is a non-profit organisation
dedicated to the protection and conservation of Victoria's Central
Highlands and its native inhabitants .
Forest Conservation Portal - A non-profit
organization, Forests.org, Inc. The site provides vast rainforest, forest
and biodiversity conservation news & information, including the ability
to fully search reviewed forest conservation information on the Internet.
The mission of Forests.org is to contribute to ending deforestation, preserving
old-growth forests, conserving all forests, maintaining climatic systems
and commencing the age of ecological restoration.
Eco-Portal - the
EnvironmentalSustainability.Info Source is a comprehensive environmental
resource, linking and providing full text search capabilities for the entire
contents of over 3,000 reviewed Internet sites related to environmental
sustainability. The site tracks the latest environmental news stories
which are updated several times daily.
www.ecoforestry.info -
Objectives are to protect and restore forests, forest biodiversity and
integrity, forest management for multiple uses, community forest management,
certification and ecolabelling, ecologically sound life cycles for forest
products, forest ecoservices valued. Many good forest links available
here.
Hancocks forest page
- Boycott any products or insurance policies connected in any way to the
John Hancock Insurance Company. A Hancock subsidiary, Hancock Timber
Resources Group is currently logging what little remains of native vegetation
in the Strzelecki Ranges, 2 hours drive from Melbourne (the capital city
of the Australian state of Victoria)
Strzelecki Web Page
- Kim and Julie's study of the Strzelecki State Forest in South Gippsland,
Victoria, Australia, with data on Wilsons Promontory, Tarra Bulga, Strzeleki
forest plantation, Victorian Plantations Corporation and timber production.
Very good links page.
World Rainforest
Movement - paper on underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation
in several countries, including Australia
Coolforests.org -
an online resource dedicated to highlighting the importance of
preserving Australia's old forests in the fight against global warming.
ozfuelcells.com - facilitates the
sharing of high quality news and information on Fuel Cell and Hydrogen
related topics. Special emphasis is placed on the emerging
hydrogen economy within Australia and topics relating to sustainable transport.
60L Green Building - The
60L Green Building Partnership with The Australian Conservation Foundation
- a state of the art commercial building which will be the leading example
of green commercial building in Australia.
Greenlivingpedia - a wiki with information on green living and green building.
Politics
The Australian Greens are a real
alternative to the big parties who are not doing enough for the environment,
social justice, democracy and pease. Here is a policy
summary.
Adventure Victoria - non-profit
association which was formed in mid 2004 by a group of independent citizens
lobbying Government to re-model the Adventure Activity Standards project.