Sixteen‑year‑old Penguin resident Rose Welsh said it was important to protect local forests, where she spends time hiking with her mother. “It’s important because we don’t want to see all the forests ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, September 10, 2010 (ENS) – Australian environmental groups are rejoicing as the new head of Tasmanian timber company Gunns Limited announced the company will move away from ...

Forestry Tasmania, the forest service of Tasmania, has signed an agreement with environmental activists to cease logging activities in the Upper Florentine Valley of the island. The moratorium will ...

The report, by economics researcher Andy Bakonyi and forest ecologist Jen Sanger found that the native forest logging industry has been sustained by extensive state and federal government intervention ...

Sustainable Timbers Tasmania recently expanded its acoustic monitoring program to include masked owls. Results from recent acoustic monitoring in the Central Highlands indicated masked owls continue ...

The Tasmanian Liberal government yesterday immediately withdrew its proposal to allow harvesting of special species timbers­ after a UNESCO report unambiguously opposed the idea. A report by an expert ...

Masked owls have continued to inhabit Tasmanian forest areas after timber harvesting operations, according to encouraging new acoustic monitoring results from Sustainable Timbers Tasmania. Sustainable ...

Conservation groups have demanded an end to native forest logging after a report exposed more than $1.25 billion in government subsidies keeping the industry alive. The report, by economics researcher ...