Tag: forestry
Mayor’s strong message
Wellington Shire Mayor Ian Bye penned the following letter following last Tuesday in response to the state government's decision to cease native timber harvesting...
Animal Justice Party responds to budget
Stefan Bradley
The Victorian Animal Justice Party (AJP) has reacted positively to Budget measures, including animal programs and the early shutdown of the native forestry...
BREAKING: State’s timber logging to end
NATIVE timber logging in Victoria looks set to cease at the end of the year.
The Gippsland Times understands the state government has brought forward...
Paper shortages expected
Critical national shortages of paper for a variety of products are expected in the coming weeks as a result of inaction over the supply...
Finland ‘a green forestry model’
Finland, with a population smaller than Victoria, has shown the big role that a large sustainable forestry industry can play in cutting greenhouse emissions,...
‘Sick’ forest management must be overhauled: expert
Forest and forest fire management must be done on a landscape scale, with active management over long timeframes, using expert knowledge of forests, a...
Finland ‘a green forestry model’
Finland, with a population smaller than Victoria's, has shown the big role that a large sustainable forestry industry can play in cutting greenhouse emissions,...
Albo backs sustainable forestry
The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has backed Australia's sustainably managed native and plantation timber industries role in achieving Australia's net zero emissions goal and...
Court ruling over gliders a blow to the forest industry
The fate of the Victorian forestry industry and the state's native greater and yellow-bellied gliders is being fought about and the argument has landed...
Changes to timber code welcomed
THE native forest industry, the state opposition and manufacturing union have welcomed the state government’s move to overhaul the timber code of practice —...
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Sale United Football Club’s annual primary school twilight tournament recently ended for the 31st year, with 2024 labelled the most successful year yet.
A record...
