Tiwi forestry: 30,000 hectares of “bankrupt monoculture”The collapse of the forestry operations on the Tiwi islands represents not just a failure of an ambitious agricultural scheme but also a failure of good corporate governance, says Bob Gosford.
Forestry
Tasmania’s burnoff greenhouse effect a mystery
Forestry Tasmania has admitted it does not know how much greenhouse gas is produced by its regeneration burns.
ETS sleeper: the government’s deforestation scam
The Rudd Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is riddled with rorts, writes Andrew Macintosh.
Fuel reduction burns not included in Australia’s C02 accounting
With huge fuel reduction burns planned for this fire season, Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore asks why the carbon they create is being ignored by foresters and others.
The Greens simply don’t want any forestry in Tasmania
The Greens are entitled to their view, but with no more than 20 percent of the vote in Tasmania and 9 percent nationally, they are not entitled to force it on the rest of the community, writes senior consultant at ITS Global Khalil Hegarty.
