Tag: Rain Forests and Forest
Amazon fund seen as 'paradigm shift' for forest
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A fund to protect the Amazon forest could stimulate sustainable industries, an expert says.[MORE]
Rescue plan for Canberra's urban forest
A group has been established to advise the ACT Government on the future of thousands of ageing trees across Canberra.[MORE]
Australian forests enlisted in carbon fight
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For the first time, researchers have measured how much carbon Australia's forests absorb. [MORE]
End to Dombrovskis photograph reproductions
The widow of celebrated Tasmanian photographer Peter Dombrovskis is winding down the family business, signalling the end of his range of cards, diaries and calendars. [MORE]
Forestry company looking at reducing carbon
Forestry Tasmania is developing projects to try to store more carbon emissions.[MORE]
Koalas at centre of Cooroy logging row
The timber industry has hit back at claims that it is trying to log a sensitive wildlife habitat in the western section of the Cooroy State Forest.[MORE]
KI forestry prompts water, vegetation worries
Concern is expressed that forestry on Kangaroo Island could affect water supplies and native vegetation.[MORE]
World heritage extension recommended
A United Nations committee has again suggested that Australia extend the boundary of Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area.[MORE]
Logging 'no threat' to World Heritage wilderness
A UN report found complaints about logging near Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area are largely unfounded.[MORE]
Former minister says dam 'not the best option'
Tasmania's Environment Minister during the Franklin Dam dispute says economic arguments for the project were overstated.[MORE]
Marking 25 years of the Franklin River decision
It is 25 years since the High Court's decision to block the Franklin Dam in Tasmania's south-west Wilderness.[MORE]
Aust, Indonesia sign forest carbon partnership
Indonesia and Australia have signed a new forest carbon partnership that aims to fight climate change in the region.[MORE]
New mill venture for Gunns
The timber company Gunns has applied to build a rotary veneer timber mill in northern Tasmania.[MORE]
Peru moves to protect Amazon tribes
Peruvian regional authorities have decided to protect isolated tribes in the Amazon rainforest against the threat of illegal logging, after repeated warnings about their plight.[MORE]
PNG forests really on the road to ruin?
Satellite imagery analysis of Papua New Guinea's forests, released this week, generated some alarming headlines, but is the situation really that bad?[MORE]
Northern wildnerness declared a protected zone
Aborigines are taking over management of 200,000 hectares on Cape York Peninsula described as one of the "last wild places left on earth". [MORE]
Satellite images uncover rapid PNG deforestation
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Satellite imagery taken from 1972 until 2002 shows the destruction PNG's pristine rainforests is worse than originally thought.[MORE]
Satellite images reveal Papua forest destruction
Satellite images of PNG's forests show that by 2021 most accessible forest will be destroyed.[MORE]
Green groups fear forest logging increase
Environmental groups say a deal to protect native forest in the Strzelecki Ranges will actually see logging increase.[MORE]
Expanding biofuel farms could damage ecosystems: WWF
The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has urged Brazil to set up a new network of protected areas to prevent environmental damage from the expansion of sugar cane plantations used for biofuel production.[MORE]
Vic move 'will increase NSW logging'
The Wilderness Society fears the creation of national parks to protect red gums in Victoria will increase logging in New South Wales.[MORE]
Brown loses High Court battle to save Tas forest
Greens leader Bob Brown has lost a last ditch attempt to stop the logging of Tasmania's Wielangta State Forest.[MORE]
Sustainable development of Amazon possible: minister
The Brazilian minister in charge of managing the Amazon rainforest says deforestation can only be stopped if the 25 million people there are given economic opportunities. [MORE]
Prince Charles calls for deforestation solution
The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, has made an impassioned plea for politicians and business leaders to come up with a solution to global deforestation. [MORE]
Bush picnic to honour bushwalking pioneer
The 22nd anniversary of the death of Tasmanian bushwalker Jack Thwaites was commemorated today with a bush picnic in the Central Highlands.[MORE]
