Forestry
Editorial
Opinion
Native forest logging back in the spotlight in NSW after changes in Victoria
The future of the NSW logging industry is back in the spotlight after the Victorian government’s announcement last week to end native forest logging next year.
- The Herald's View
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‘It’s like we don’t exist’: Timber towns grapple with log ban
Towns reliant on the logging industry were gutted at the Andrews government’s decision to fast-track the end of native timber logging to January next year.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
Logging ‘export opportunity’ remains despite fears of local timber shortage
The timber industry has warned there could be a shortage of hardwood in Australia, but the federal government has backed the continued export of timber from native forests and plantations.
- by Mike Foley
Opinion
Editorial
Loggers get their way in proposed koala national park
The Minns government’s failure to immediately halt Forestry Corporation NSW plans to log the proposed Great Koala National Park on the Mid North Coast is a policy travesty.
- by The Herald's View
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Environmental protection
Axe falls on Victorian native forest logging
The state government will end native forest logging early in Victoria, bringing forward its 2030 deadline.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Before creation of koala national park, loggers target key habitat
The NSW government stands by its promise to create a Great Koala National Park despite its own logging company planning operations in 20 per cent of the land inside its proposed boundaries this year.
- by Nick O'Malley
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The legal manoeuvre activists hope will trigger an early end to native forest logging
The Andrews government is obliged to supply pulpwood to Maryvale mill, but legal advice suggests the contract could be scrapped early.
- by Annika Smethurst
‘Greenwashing’: WA jarrah cleared for Alcoa mines sold as ‘sustainable’
Bunnings is monitoring whether timber harvested by the WA government is sustainable amid concerns about the US miner’s rehabilitation of WA’s south west forests.
- by Peter Milne
South West forest protection team beefed up in WA budget
The WA government will employ 50 more people to look after South West forests ahead of a ban on felling trees for timber starting in January.
- by Peter Milne
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Alcoa investigation
Alcoa in WA: 60 years, 28,000 hectares of forest cleared, zero rehabilitation completed
The department of conservation says Alcoa has not met the rehabilitation completion criteria, but the miner claims it has rehabilitated 75 per cent of the forest it has cleared.
- by Peter Milne
Analysis
Alcoa investigation
Alcoa must stop spinning the facts and start fixing our forests
When Alcoa says it has rehabilitated an area of jarrah forest it is a long way from what anyone would regard as being in good condition.
- by Peter Milne