Conservationists win court battle to stop clearing of old-growth Victorian forest
by Michael Slezak from Environment | The Guardian on (#36NG5)
Environmental Justice Australia injuncts Victorian government-owned business from clearing in Kuark forest
Conservationists have won an injunction stopping a Victorian government-owned business from clearing old-growth trees in the Kuark forest in East Gippsland.
Environmental Justice Australia, representing the Fauna and Flora Research Collective, took VicForests to the supreme court on Wednesday and successfully won an injunction stopping the logging of an area known as Princess Cut.
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