Native Forest Log Exports Must End
After being shamed and forced into admitting the truth on national television, Resources Minister Felix Ellis has come out swinging.
After being shamed and forced into admitting the truth on national television, Resources Minister Felix Ellis has come out swinging.
Reporting from the ABC has confirmed what has long been suspected – logs from Tasmania’s public native forests are being exported to Victorian sawmillers.
The Liberal Government has officially committed to working on a bilateral agreement that will continue native forest logging into the future.
An independent risk assessment commissioned by the Wilderness Society Tasmania found signing new native forest logging contracts could expose the State to serious risks.
Native forests which have been logged are more susceptible to bushfire, according to a new study by UTAS Professor David Bowman.
The independent review of Tasmania's Climate Change (State Action) Act was released yesterday. It supported what the Greens and community groups have been saying for years.
The native forest logging industry is in its death throes. Tasmania's native sawlog supply falls off a cliff in mid-2027, just as the industry will be captured by new
The Greens stand with the local central north coast community, devastated that the Liberal Government is allowing logging to occur in the Dial Range.
The Greens welcome the passing of a motion by Break O’Day Council, committing their support for the protection of high conservation FPPF land within formal reserves.
The heart of the Dial Range is set to be clear-felled imminently by Forestry Tasmania, according to an updated Forest Practices Plan (DL011C).