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4 unusual facts about Australian Conservation Foundation


Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Offices

A notable case in which EDO Victoria was involved was Australian Conservation Foundation v Minister for Planning 2004 VCAT 2029 (29 October 2004).

Several major Australian NGOs, including ANEDO and the Australian Conservation Foundation, have been lobbying has for some years for the inclusion of global warming as a matter of national environmental significance in Australia's main environmental protection legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

John Heyer

In 1967 he retired from Shell and set up the John Heyer Film Company through which he produced a series of documentaries including The Reef for the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Water security in Australia

The Australian Conservation Foundation and Total Environment Centre campaigned for restoration of some environmental flows to the Snowy River which had been diverted to the Murray River by the Snowy Mountains Schemefor irrigation and power generation.


Mark Parnell

Prior to his 10 years with the Environmental Defenders Office, Parnell was a campaign co-ordinator with The Wilderness Society (2 years) and the Australian Conservation Foundation (4 years).


see also

Jamie Durie

He was invited and then trained with former US Vice President Al Gore as a Climate Change Presenter (now named Climate Reality), launched Clean up the World Day with The UN in New York, and is an Ambassador for Greenpeace, Australian Conservation Foundation, Planet Ark and National Tree Day.