Tag: Forestry
WA timber industry verging on collapse: union
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) warns that Western Australia's timber industry is harvesting at a rate far higher than it can replant and the industry is on the verge of collapse.[MORE]
Conservationists fear log intake rising
There are conflicting claims over a survey that conservationists say shows the big wood chipping mill on the New South Wales far south coast is increasing its intake of native forest logs.[MORE]
Concern for breeding birds
Birds Australia says hundreds of endangered swift parrots are set to breed in an area of the Wielangta Forest in southern Tasmania which is earmarked for logging. [MORE]
Rezoning claims on grazing land
The Tasmanian Government has agreed to investigate claims about the rezoning of a property at Temma in the State's north-west.[MORE]
Gunns in talks with buyer for forests
Tasmanian timber company Gunns has entered into negotiations with an international forestry investor for the sale of part of its forest resource.[MORE]
Environinvest woes 'no threat' to plantation industry
A group representing timber plantation companies says the industry is still strong in Victoria's west, despite a company going into receivership.[MORE]
Mill jobs to cost local economy $1m
The union representing redundant workers at a timber mill in Myrtleford has criticised the way the company has gone about the job cuts.[MORE]
Gunns shares recover ground
Shares in the Tasmanian timber company Gunns rallied late this afternoon to close at $1.40.[MORE]
Plantation carbon credits row
Environmentalists and the forestry industry are at loggerheads over whether plantation timber should be included in an Australian emissions trading scheme.[MORE]
Sovereign risk deal still unsigned: Bartlett
Premier David Bartlett has revealed Gunns has not yet signed a new sovereign risk agreement for its planned pulp mill.[MORE]
Premier denies wood deal backflip
Tasmania's Premier has hit back at opposition claims that he has changed his opinion on the agreement to supply wood for Gunns' proposed pulp mill.[MORE]
No rift over wood deal
Forestry Tasmania has rejected any suggestion of a rift with the State Government over the wood supply agreement for Gunns' pulp mill.[MORE]
Image makeover for Forestry Tas
Forestry Tasmania has launched a new corporate identity in a bid to improve its public image.[MORE]
Govt stands by Forestry Tas on Gunns deal
The Tasmanian Government has rejected claims it is sending conflicting messages about the future of an agreement to supply wood for Gunns' proposed pulp mill.[MORE]
Wood supply doubts for proposed pulp mill
Tasmania's key business group has rejected suggestions that the Premier should force Forestry Tasmania to tear up its agreement to supply wood to Gunns' proposed northern Tasmanian pulp mill.[MORE]
Green Triangle survey considers land use
The debate over changes in land use has been played out in a survey of Green Triangle residents.[MORE]
Gunns mill protests are waning, industry says
Opponents of the proposed Gunns pulp mill in northern Tasmania say they are convinced the project is about to collapse and are stepping up their fight against it.[MORE]
Gunns court payout
The Australian Greens say the chairman of timber company Gunns, John Gay, owes shareholders an explanation after it was forced to pay court costs to politicians.[MORE]
Landowners demand answers over pulp mill clause
Three landowners have joined Environment Tasmania in applying to the Supreme Court for an order demanding the State Government explain the reasoning behind a section of the Pulp Mill Act.[MORE]
Conservationist's schadenfreude over pulp mill
The Wilderness Society has taken heart from industry comment about Gunns' $2 billion pulp mill planned for northern Tasmania.[MORE]
Builders 'frustrated' with mill delays: analyst
A timber industry analyst believes a construction company's disparaging comments about Gunns proposed pulp mill shows frustration rather than serious problems with the project.[MORE]
Gunns vows its pulp mill is on schedule
The Timber company Gunns isn't concerned by a construction company's belief that its proposed northern Tasmanian pulp mill will never be built.[MORE]
Bunbury mill, forestry firm strike $150m supply deal
A Bunbury woodchip chip mill has reached a $150 million supply deal with local forestry company Integrated Tree Cropping (ITC) Limited.[MORE]
Forum discusses emissions trading scheme
One of only two South Australian forums on Australia's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme was held at Mount Gambier yesterday.[MORE]
Govt accused of stalling red gum management decision
A peak environmental group has accused the Victorian Government of unnecessarily stalling a decision on the future management of river red gum forests.[MORE]
