About us
MyEnvironment Inc. is a hub for the latest information on community projects, science, environmental philanthropy, environmental law and green design in Australia.
Our mission is to bring people and ideas together for the conservation of Australia’s natural places through science, law, design and the community.
We are a volunteer based organisation made up of innovative metropolitan and regional members.
We encourage you to use this site to understand environmental issues in more detail.
Beneath a giant killed by logging
Our history:
We started in 2000 as a small group of concerned residents defending Lady Talbot Drive in Marysville from logging oppositie the falls. We won.
This followed on to try and protect, from logging, other important area's for Marysville, such as the Upper Taggerty. But after a fierce battle and 10 day blockade we lost and the Upper Taggery has since been gutted by VicForests.
Our work really began here, losing Marysvilles local views and environment to woodchipping helped us to realise how extensive the problem was - and how insidious. Huge swathes of the Central Highlands were being destroyed by VicForests and our campaign grew to achieve small but important successes in the conservation of threatened species.
We won an important habitat range for the Laedbeaters Possum in the Royston Range.
We prevented more than 20 kilometres of the South Face Road from incising critical habitat for the Leadbeaters Possum and Baw Baw Frog.
We won 5000 hectares of Baw Baw Frog habitat - scheduled for logging for Reflex copy paper.
We prevented a 120 hectare coupe from being cut behind the Uniting Church in Marysville.
We brought to government attention many breaches by VicForests, problems with management and unlawful logging activity.
More recently we have stalled the logging of Mt St Leonards, Cement Creek catchment and critical unburnt areas in Toolangi.
But this fight has many more trees to save.
Currently we are working with certification bodies to establish important forestry standards in Australia.
We have teams surveying critical habitat for Leadbeaters Possum, Barred Galaxias and the owls and trying to develop solid cases for DSE to protect remnant unburnt forest.
We are writing submissions, meeting with industry leaders, scientists and educating the community on the values of our multi aged, biodiverse forests.
We don't broadcast who we are, we are simply residents and caring people.
Many leading members in our organisation are professionals who donate their skills to save our majestic forests.
We are here for one purpose; to save the forests.
We are 100% volunteer.
For discussions with other members via Yahoo groups on these topics please sign in .
To contact our offices:
Office Voip phone (03) 8370 9007
Director: Sarah Rees
Mobile 0438 368 870
PO Box 519 Healesville, 3777
info@myenvironment.org.au
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