Warburton Environment is a local not-for-profit group dedicated to preserving and protecting the natural environment around Warburton in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia.

NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME

The foundation and intent of our work is

1. To protect and restore the natural environment of our local area, understanding that this directly impacts the survival and evolution of life on Earth.
2. To operate under the premise that
3. • stabilizing climate change,
   • retaining carbon sinks,
   • protecting wildlife (including endangered flora and fauna),
   • preserving water quality and availability,
   • preventing soil erosion,
   • care-taking healthy ecosystems, and
   • maintaining biodiversity

are our fundamental responsibility to future generations. We encourage and support creative, ethical and economically viable solutions to these inter-related issues.

3. To bring an end to all native forest logging in the Central Highlands of Victoria. To participate in ongoing dialogue and research, and to involve and inform the community to accelerate this transition.
4. To support a new vision and role for the local forest industries, grounded in environmentally ethical practices and resourced from sustainable plantation timber and non-timber alternatives. To build understanding and seek common ground among all members of the community effected by changes in forestry management and practices, and to seek sound economic outcomes.