Yesterday the front page of Tasmania's Examiner read "End of war in Tassie's forests?". Today it is "Policy cut down: Environment groups attack forestry plan." The war was meant to end in 1997 with the Regional Forest Agreement (RFA). But the … [Read more...] about Newest Tassie Forestry Deal
Here’s to a logger …
I'm in Launceston, Tasmania attending the National Conference of Timber Communities Australia (TCA). It will be opened this morning by the PM, John Howard. I got my conference bag last night. It's contents included a stubbie holder with the … [Read more...] about Here’s to a logger …
Counting Koalas
There are competing theories about how male koalas go about procreating. The 'king koala' theory proposes that a powerful male dominates breeding and 'holds the fabric of koala society in the palm of his mighty paw', to quote Koala expert Dr Bill … [Read more...] about Counting Koalas
The Budget, Peer Review (Part 2) & A Worst Ever Report
Yesterday I wrote that the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) are the big ticket/big budget environmental issues. Well the Treasurer has even made special allocations for both in this year's budget. There is only ever going … [Read more...] about The Budget, Peer Review (Part 2) & A Worst Ever Report
Problems with Peer Review (Part 1)
There has been quite a bit of comment on this web-blog about the importance of peer review (e.g. see comments following my post of 29th April 2005, titled What do Geologists Know about Climate?). Peer review refers to a researcher's work being … [Read more...] about Problems with Peer Review (Part 1)
Wetland Group Pockets $3.8 Million in Water Sales
A student from RMIT (a Melbourne University) is doing a project on water and has asked me how environmental water is allocated. There is no national or state-wide ledger (or website) showing how environmental water is acquired and allocated. The … [Read more...] about Wetland Group Pockets $3.8 Million in Water Sales
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
