Tag: Logging
A Victorian logging company just won a controversial court appeal. Here’s what it means for forest wildlife
AAP Image/Supplied by Dr Peter Smith
Australia’s forest-dwelling wildlife is in greater peril after last week’s court ruling that logging — even if it...
Shutterstock Drones, detection dogs, poo spotting: what’s the best way to conduct Australia’s Great Koala Count?
Picture: Shuttlestock
Federal environment minister Sussan Ley this week announced A$2 million for a national audit of Australia’s koalas, as part of an A$18 million...
Logging is due to start in fire-ravaged forests this week. It’s the last thing our wildlife needs
Picture: Sean Davey/AAP
New South Wales’ Forestry Corporation will this week start “selective timber harvesting” from two state forests ravaged by bushfire on the state’s south coast.
The...
The Blinky Bill effect: when gum trees are cut down, where do the koalas go?
After gum trees are cut down, the koalas that lived in them
must take a hike. Esther Wong, Author provided (No reuse)
In the past two...
Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture
Almost all native forest logging in Victoria is for
woodchips, pulp and pallets, which have short lifespans before
going to landfill. Janelle Lugge/Shutterstock
Victoria has...