The state budget has allocated $11M over the next 3 years to upgrade the Princes Hwy from Nowa Nowa to Orbost. Now this wouldn’t be to assist the mining company that’s requiring a speedy route to the Eden wharf would it? Nah –just coincidence we’re sure. Read more about the Nowa Nowa iron project here————-
Regardless of the threat aerial baiting poses to the endangered Spot-tailed Quoll, poisoning wild dogs is still a very questionable solution to sheep losses. Set out below are arguments against the aerial baiting of dogs, and why it may be that current control programs cause dog numbers to increase. There is still no scientific evidence …
“Huge bushfires in far East Gippsland went largely unchecked for over 2 months in early 2014. Some locals claim that DEPI staff and contractors lit unnecessary backburns, abandoned dangerous backburns at night, knocked down old growth hollow trees inside the National Park boundary as “revenge” against greenies and did so without fire-control rationale. Victorian Fire …
A major market for the logging industry in East Gippsland seems set to become extremely unreliable, says Environment East Gippsland, creating major uncertainty for both VicForests and the logging industry. The Eden woodchip mill has recorded its third loss in three years. The Japanese owned company, Nippon, owns the Eden based South East Fibre Exports …
The east Gippsland fires have been estimated to have cost the government (tax payer) up to $140 million to manage. We are hearing that so much of this was reckless waste – machines laying idle at $2000 a day or more, bulldozers left to do their own thing just to keep them employed. Strike teams …
How did forests ever cope before the era of government planned small scale bushfires? Forests had many brilliant systems in place that digested leaf litter, kept the understory damp and a layer of nutrient rich humus at ground level, all operating with clever symbiotic relationships between plants, animals and fungi. Below is just a selection …
This planned burn is not an isolated case of cowboy vandalism. The DEPI proposal to burn a 6,000ha piece of coastal old growth in the Croajingolong National Park includes the Barga Reference Area. Reference Areas are set aside as untouched landscapes and must not be interfered with. Called the Old Coast B burn, it’s between …
A strange weather phenomenon over central Australia in January and February influenced SE Australia’s hot dry season. This, coupled with the January lightning storms across Victoria created another serious fire season this summer. The mid January storms saw 770 lightning strikes, slightly up on the 30 year average of around 600. Many of these self-extinguished …
Electricity generation from biomass waste is more polluting and worse for the climate than coal, according to a new study by an environmental advocacy firm. The report, put together by the Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) and delivered to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), concludes that biomass power plants emit more pollution than omparable …
Last week the annual International biomass industry conference was held in Orlando, Florida. Industry executives from around the world attended to learn about the latest technologies, discuss biomass “supply chains” and network together. This year’s event featured a special “pellet supply chain summit” where the topic of discussion was the rapidly escalating export of southeastern …
