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Red Gum Forests Need Water and Thinning: Not Bob Carr
Posted by jennifer, August 9th, 2009 - under Opinion.
Tags: Forestry
Comments: 15
FORMER New South Wales Premier, Bob Carr, obviously has no idea when it comes to the history and ecology of river red gum forests in south western NSW. His misguided comments in The Land one week ago (“Forests or fenceposts”, July 30, pg 19) reflect the prejudices of someone born and breed in Sydney and trained as [...]
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Defining the Greens (Part 16) and Bushfires
Posted by jennifer, July 19th, 2009 - under Opinion, Uncategorized.
Tags: Bushfires, Forestry, Philosophy
Comments: 74
IN 1994, Ray Evans bought a cottage at Marysville (Victoria, Australia) which he and his wife subsequently renovated and extended. The cottage and its extensive garden were destroyed by fire on the night of Saturday February 7 – now known as Black Saturday. In the following provocative and political article Mr Evans blames the fire “on green [...]
Saving Australia’s Forests for Carbon: Valid Science or Green Activism?
Posted by Mark Poynter, July 16th, 2009 - under Opinion.
Tags: Forestry
Comments: 24
A RECENT Australian Government study of 115 key industries found that only the forestry sector was net carbon-positive. Yet, a major Wilderness Society campaign is advocating the closure of Australian timber industries to help mitigate climate change.
Their campaign revolves around research by scientists from the Australian National University Fenner School of Environment and Society who have [...]
The Already Bankrupt Brown Green
Posted by jennifer, June 10th, 2009 - under News, Opinion.
Tags: Forestry
Comments: 41
IN the south east of Tasmania, there was once a thriving timber town known as Wielangata. In its heyday it had a general store, bakery, blacksmiths’ shops, school and of course several saw mills. Wielangta was ravaged by bushfires in the 1920s and abandoned in 1928.
Australian Greens’ Senator Bob Brown has been claiming the area [...]
Defining the Greens (Part 11)
Posted by jennifer, May 19th, 2009 - under Opinion.
Tags: Forestry, Philosophy
Comments: 58
ASK a forest worker from Tasmania, a commercial fisherman from South Australia, a sugarcane grower from Queensland or a cattle producer from New South Wales what they think of Greens and a common complaint will be that “Greens tell lies”.
Each of these groups have been the target of clever campaigns by Green groups including The Wilderness [...]
Timber Losses from Victorian Bushfires
Posted by jennifer, March 18th, 2009 - under News.
Tags: Forestry
Comments: 1
VicForests estimates that $600 million of timber and economic activity related to its harvesting was lost. Read more here.
Unethical Forest Protestors in Tasmania: A Note from Alan Ashbarry
Posted by Alan Ashbarry, March 3rd, 2009 - under News, Opinion.
Tags: Forestry
Comments: 22
IN a rare display of sympathy and understanding for forest contractors, ABC journalist Tom Tilley has put the hard word on protestors in the Upper Florentine Valley, accusing them of perhaps even being “unethical”.
You can play the interview at the ABC Triple J website while watching a slide show. [1]
The issue is ongoing conflict at a blockade in the Florentine [...]
No ‘Happy New Year’ for Koalas in the Central Murray Valley
Posted by jennifer, December 31st, 2008 - under News, Opinion.
Tags: Forestry, Murray River, National Parks
Comments: 35
THE Victorian Premier, John Brumby, has waited until New Year’s Eve to announce the end of timber harvesting and grazing in 83,000 hectares of red gum forest in the Central Murray Valley in north western Victoria, Australia.
The creation of new national parks was a 2006 election promise to secure inner-city votes but is based on a [...]
Still Cattle in the Barmah Forest (Part 2)
Posted by jennifer, December 19th, 2008 - under News.
Tags: Bushfires, Forestry
Comments: 6
ON December 1, the first day of summer here in Australia, residents of the little town of Barmah in northwestern Victoria, drove cattle into their forest in defiance of a government ban. The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) has threatened legal action, but so far the cattle are still there. The forest has historically [...]
Complaint Against ABC Upheld
Posted by Charlotte Ramotswe, December 16th, 2008 - under News.
Tags: Forestry
Comments: 1
Australia’s Independent Complaints Review Panel (ICRP) has upheld a complaint made against a segment on the 7.30 Report, titled “Pulp mill could taint catch: fishing industry”, broadcast on 5 June 2007 and later made available on ABC Online. Read more here.
