After the chainsaws, the quiet: Victoria's rapid exit from native forest logging is welcome – and long overdue

May 23, 2023 15:02 pm UTC| Nature

By the end of the year, Victorias trouble-plagued native forest industry will end six years ahead of schedule. The states iconic mountain ash forests and endangered wildlife will at last be safe from chainsaws. And there...

Land of opportunity: more sustainable Australian farming would protect our lucrative exports (and the planet)

Aug 23, 2021 11:59 am UTC| Economy

The European Union is pressing ahead with carbon border levies charges on carbon-intensive goods from countries such as Australia that havent taken strong action to reduce emissions. The EU will impose such measures on a...

Logging is due to start in fire-ravaged forests this week. It's the last thing our wildlife needs

Mar 03, 2020 00:15 am UTC| Nature

New South Wales Forestry Corporation will this week start selective timber harvesting from two state forests ravaged by bushfire on the states south coast. The state-owned company says the operations will be strictly...

Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires -- but we must not give up

Jan 21, 2020 01:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

That a billion animals may die as a result of this summers fires has horrified the world. For many conservation biologists and managers, however, the unprecedented extent and ferocity of the fires has incinerated much more...