The deal to save Tasmanian forests has seen the logging and mining industry remain determined that these forests are not converted into national parks and “locked up” — and the Prime Minister Julia Gillard seems to agree, writes Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore.
Logging
With Tassie logging deal done, what about our other forests?
Environmentalists are crying out for federal government intervention and regulation on environmental policies nationwide following the government’s payout deal struck with Tasmania’s lumber industry over the weekend.
Save the earth: print your emails. So says the paper lobby…
According to the Australasian Paper Industry Association, it is better for the environment to print your emails than to check them repeatedly. Not quite, reports Nick Johns-Wickberg.
David Bartlett’s Appointments Diary: meeting with the loggers
In David Bartlett’s first three months as Premier, his only meetings on forests policy were with government agencies, companies and industry lobby groups which championed the logging of old-growth forests, writes Bob Burton.
Who’s eating Madagascar’s lemurs?
Madagascar’s lemurs are one of the area’s biggest tourist drawcards, but illegal loggers and starving locals are hunting the endangered primates for their meat, whilst corrupt police and politicians turn a blind eye.
How Forestry Tasmania lost the plot
Forestry Tasmania’s treatment of protesters in the Upper Florentine has failed to stand up in court, reports Andrew Darby. But after a generation of fighting, the bitter battles over trees in Tasmania continues to grow — even if the forests don’t.
VAFI: Timbre of assertions not quite right
The CEO of the Victorian Association of Forest Industries, Philip Dalidakis, responds to Frank Campbell’s piece on the Victorian Government’s Timber Industry Strategy.
Endlings: Borneo’s nomads die out
The nomadic Penan people of Borneo are among the world’s last hunter gatherers, but their numbers are quickly dwindling with the destruction of Borneo’s forests due to logging. How will the traditional tribes survive if plunged suddenly into modernity?
Burke’s backflip on timber an ETS fail
Agriculture Minister Tony Burke’s backtracking over the importation of illegal timber shows just how hard the ETS will be to police.
Timber strategy and a lesson in weasel words
The “rednecks” have won the battle over forest policy, and no one noticed, thanks to all the political spin attached, writes Frank Campbell.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A chocolatey clarification and more reader comments
Daniel Ellis, Corporate Communication Manager for Cadbury Australia, writes with some information about the 250gm block changes.
Arrests as Tasmania’s old growth forest heads to the chainsaw
22 protesters were arrested in Tasmania’s Upper Florentine Valley. Andrew Dodd was there.
