Logging will continue in bushfire ravaged areas of Victoria for another 10 years but conservation groups say the state government’s renewal of management plans for logging in native forests fails to protect the flora and fauna. On Wednesday the government released new plans for its five Regional Forestry Agreements that designate areas for logging across the state until 2030. Local conservation group the Goongerah Environment Centre estimates last summer’s fires burnt through two thirds of the area that had been protected from logging under the previous RFA in East Gippsland. However, the updated RFA for the region does not increase the area of forest protected from logging to include new, unburnt habitat. Chris Schuringa, spokeswoman for local conservation group Goongerah Environment Centre, said too much remnant habitat in East Gippsland would be available to logging under the new RFA.