Tasmanian Government renews Macquarie Harbour salmon leases as Federal Environment Minister calls for a consultation period
Today’s announcement from Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of a 60-day consultation to review salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour is a further delay when urgent a
Log from Swift Parrot habitat dumped on MONA congress
Log from Swift Parrot habitat dumped on MONA congress The macabre truth of logging in critically endangered Swift Parrot habitat has been revealed today at MONA. “To the horror o
Tasmania’s world-first price on extinction
Tasmania has put a world-first price of $7.4 million on the extinction of a species, Bob Brown Foundation says. “Yesterday’s decision to proceed with a wind farm with skyscrape
MONA Forest Economic Congress: Native forests are priceless – ending native forest logging is the only solution
Longtime forest defenders Jenny Weber and Scott Jordan will be attending the MONA Forest Economic Congress intent on seeing that Tasmania and NSW end native forest logging before 1
Rockliff dumps on his own Environment Protection Agency
Premier Rockliff has dumped on his own Environment Protection Agency (EPA) after today’s planning tribunal decision on Robbins Island, indicating that the EPA was ‘single-minde
Protestors occupy fish farm in Macquarie Harbour demanding action to save the Maugean Skate.
Today in Macquarie Harbour, two activists have occupied a fish farm to send a very clear message that the Maugean Skate must not be allowed to go extinct. Industrial fish farms hav
Robbins Island calamity given tick
The Tasmanian Planning Tribunal has given a fawning endorsement of the proposed Robbins Island wind farm for multinational corporation ACEN. Bob Brown Foundation says that the impa
Race against time for protection as takayna Bioblitz counts 290 species
The 9th annual takayna Bioblitz event has seen over 250 scientists and volunteers spend three days conducting field surveys across takayna. The annual event run by Bob Brown Founda
takayna BioBlitz 2023 – Connecting citizen science and activism to protect takayna
Two hundred citizens and scientists will join Bob Brown Foundation’s campaigners in takayna for our ninth annual BioBlitz. takayna BioBlitz 2023 will be held from the evening of
Bob Brown Foundation defies police order prohibiting campaigner from being in Macquarie Harbour
Last week, Bob Brown Foundation Marine Campaigner, Alistair Allan, took a boat onto Macquarie Harbour to monitor salmon farms and the dire situation of the Maugean Skate. The monit