Tag: Forests
Green group backs union's logging warning
The Conservation Council of Western Australia has welcomed the forestry union's warning that too much native forest is being harvested.[MORE]
NSW illegally logging forests: report
The Federal Government has received a report that claims NSW is illegally logging river red gum forests.[MORE]
Brazil names Amazon's worst illegal loggers
Brazil's Environment Department has released a list of the country's 100 worst illegal loggers as deforestation in the Amazon continues to increase. [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]
Gunns answers water supply critics
Timber company Gunns says Launceston's water supply will not be affected by the pulp mill planned for the Tamar Valley.[MORE]
State Forests reject koala claims
The State Forests Department has defended its plan to log a disputed area of forest near Bermagui on the New South Wales far south coast.[MORE]
Deal to help secure Monaro softwood industry
There have been more moves aimed at securing the softwood industry on the Monaro.[MORE]
Questions over river chemical tests
A Tasmanian doctor is questioning the value of a new tool to help industries avoid polluting waterways. [MORE]
Tasmania to benefit from climate change research
Restoring degraded ecosystems in Tasmania is the focus of a new climate change research partnership between the University of Tasmania and Greening Australia.[MORE]
Green group rallies PM on forest protection
Environmentalists are demanding the Prime Minister take notice of scientific evidence that protecting forests is a way to tackle climate change.[MORE]
Police to crack down on forest protesters
Police have confirmed they will be taking a tough stand with anti-logging protests at a forest on the New South Wales far south coast where controversial harvesting work is about to begin.[MORE]
Govt giving Gunns special treatment: Greens
The Greens say the Federal Government is captive to the timber company Gunns.[MORE]
Armed police force end to PNG logging protest
A protest by Greenpeace activists who were preventing an export ship loading logs in Papua New Guinea has ended.[MORE]
Greenpeace still blocking PNG logging ship
Environmental group Greenpeace says it has no intention of allowing an export ship on the Papua New Guinea south coast to start loading logs bound for China. [MORE]
PNG logging protest continues amid conflicting ownership reports
Greenpeace activists are still preventing an Asian export ship from loading logs bound for China at a remote port on Papua New Guinea's south coast.[MORE]
Brown pushes for biosequestration boost
The Greens leader Bob Brown says lifting Australia's reserves of native forests should be part of the Federal Government's solution to climate change.[MORE]
Logging giant denies Greenpeace's illegal harvest claims
A Malaysian logging company says it does not own the ship at the centre of a Greenpeace campaign.[MORE]
Carbon scheme putting forests at logging risk: academics
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Two Canberra academics are warning the inclusion of plantation forests in an emissions trading scheme could drive emissions up, not down.[MORE]
Campaigners push for forest protection
Wilderness Society campaigners are on the New South Wales mid-north coast today to push for more local forests to be protected.[MORE]
Labor promises millions for environmental icons
The Premier Alan Carpenter has pledged an extra $32 million over the next four years to protect what he is calling WA's environmental icons.[MORE]
Greenpeace activists storm Malaysian logging ship
Greenpeace activists have stormed on board a logging ship at a port in Papua New Guinea, preventing stevedores from loading logs bound for China.[MORE]
Image makeover for Forestry Tas
Forestry Tasmania has launched a new corporate identity in a bid to improve its public image.[MORE]
Pulp mill project not dead: Wilderness Society
The Wilderness Society has warned opponents of Gunns' proposed northern Tasmanian pulp mill not to assume the project is dead.[MORE]
No end in sight to clear felling: Greens
The Tasmanian Greens say an update on the Government's forestry targets shows the Premier is no different to his predecessors.[MORE]
Greenpeace ship spreads anti-logging message in PNG
Greenpeace protest ship Esperanza is preparing to tour Papua New Guinea and Indonesian waters in a campaign to protect the forests and highlight climate change.[MORE]
