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.
Logging
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.
