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October - 2006

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Calendar of Events for 2006

Archives - May 2002 - October 2006

Who ? -are Teachers for Forests?

Join:

Teachers for Forests

Events: Talks, Seminars and camps

Politics:

Regional Forests

Box-Ironbark

Murray River and its Red Gums

The Central Highlands

East Gippsland and Goolongook

Strzeleckis

Mallee

Cobbobbinee and

Forests Woodland and Wetlands of the South West

Otways

Melbourne and Port Phillip

Ocean Forests

Campaigns

Consumer Campaigns

Corporate Campaigns

Forest Economics

Newspaper Reports

Contact

FNCV

Other forest Groups

News - October 2006 - Edition 1 - Page 2, Page1 , Page 3, -Scroll down for more news. /

More News…

Victorian Liberal Party condemned for calls to "Go Slow" on Murray - EV Media Release 29^th September

Victoria' Faunal Emblem under severe threats. Blows to captive breeding program and continued undermining of the limited habitat for the Leadbeaters Possum

What fate for Commonwealth Games the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Karak- NOW ! ??

Twenty Stop Logging, - Fiona York, East Gippsland - media release East Gippsland and Goolengook

World Environment Day MASS RALLY ! - Pictures and comment

Regional Forests Round-up - page 3

News Updates on Victoria's Forests Campaigns

Other Victorian Updates - page 3

More on news featured in the previous "Teachers for Forests" Front Pages

On-going :-

Book now ! For 2006 -Wilderness Society Speakers available for talks on Forests and Water Issues in schools- (Click here)

The Gunns 20 - Up-dates on the case and the issues - Supreme Court of Victoria Case - instigated by woodchipping giant Gunns Ltd . Gunns defendant wins film award - 2/01/2006

Send Us Your Pics Page - photos and more info from T4F advertised events -

And

We are still advertising the "I LOVE FORESTS "

stickers for cars.

See them on our website at Stickers.

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New DVD available on Port Phillip Reefs and Wildlife

-$10 from our Shop.

Preview some of the pics of wildlife at our

"Campaign to Save the Bays " Page

Tassie pays price for its old growth
By SUE NEALES
15may06....." But the main difference appears to be that Japanese paper manufacturers are now demanding woodchips from trees that are less than 15 years old and that have been grown in single-age plantations rather than natural forests."

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01/07/06 How many people does it take to change a bulb and save the globe?,

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13/06/06 There's a new possum posse in town, - Kelly Ryan, The Herald Sun

Climate Change

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How can we Escape ??