Years ago the govt announced trees over 12.6m circumf would be protected. All those 6-700yo trees under this size have been felled. At last the the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is looking to increase safeguards for large old trees. maybe just protect all old growth is the answer. Giving one tree …
Landmark ruling raised ‘energy and appetite of the community to stand up and use the courts when government fouls them,’ says environmental lawyer Signaling the global implications of last week’s historic Dutch court ruling‚Äîthe first in the world to use human rights as a legal basis to protect citizens against greenhouse gas emissions and global …
There has been extensive debate about whether the sustainable use of forests (forest management aimed at producing a sustainable yield of timber or other products) results in superior climate outcomes to conservation (maintenance or enhancement of conservation values without commercial harvesting) Most of the relevant research has relied on consequential life-cycle assessment (LCA), with the …
A new scientific study shows that Australian forests are better for the climate left standing compared with being logged. The finding comes as the senate had cleared the way for forest burning in the renewable energy target. NEW SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH has called into question the wisdom of the Australian senate’s decision last week to allow …
For those keen fauna surveyors or even just budding naturalists, this link is excellent for trying to work out what critter you’ve seen, especially if caught on a movement sensing spy camera. It shows how to tell a bush rat from a swamp rat from a black rat, a dusky antechinus from an agile antechinus …
The Royal Commission recommended burns to over 5% of our natural landscape annually have finally been shown to be a waste of time, money and horrifically damaging to our biodiversity. The recent review of the burn targets used 12 criteria to measure how effective the blunt hectare-based target is compared to the proposed risk-reduction target. …
A new war has been declared on our native forests. The Senate, with the help of Labor has passed legislation that not only allows the liquidation of native forest trees in electricity furnaces, but defines it as ‘renewable energy’ and thereby hands the logging and power industries credits (financial support) to assist this new excuse …
The head of Victoria’s zoos says the scale of logging in the state’s central highland forests is environmentally unsustainable and has backed the creation of a new national park as giving key endangered species the best chance of survival. A letter sent by Zoos Victoria chief executive Jenny Gray to the state-owned timber company VicForests in January …
BIOMASSACRE – Don’t trash our forests for energy The logging, woodchipping and energy industries are poised to unleash plans to use native forests to produce electricity, and to convert forests into liquid bio-fuels. CYBER ACTION www.biomassacre.com has a cyber action that you can easily be part of. Sign the online action now to ask electricity …
Western Australia’s Forest Products Commission should lose its “green tick” accreditation because its activities are not sustainable, environmentalists say. The commission will undergo its annual scheduled audit next week and environmentalists are hoping this will result in it losing the certification, which shows its products come from sustainable operations. The audit is being conducted by …
