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 … [Read more...] about Still Cattle in the Barmah Forest (Part 2)
Forestry
Complaint Against ABC Upheld
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 … [Read more...] about Complaint Against ABC Upheld
Harvesting Submerged Timber
Ghana, which is running short of forests to chop down, is about to turn to the dead trees underneath its Lake Volta as a new source of exotic timber... Read more here. … [Read more...] about Harvesting Submerged Timber
The Cult of Celebrity and Tasmanian Forestry
THE public hysteria surrounding the proposed Tasmanian pulpmill shows that the logging of native forests remains one of Australia’s hottest environmental topics. This is surprising given that sustainable wood production is now permitted within just a … [Read more...] about The Cult of Celebrity and Tasmanian Forestry
Cattle Still in the Barmah Forest
ON Monday, 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 has threatened … [Read more...] about Cattle Still in the Barmah Forest
Forests Hold Value Better than Homes in UK
Woodland owners [in the UK] have enjoyed sparking results by investing in forests and trees in the past five years as prices have more than doubled. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Forests Hold Value Better than Homes in UK
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
