
‘Preferred’ koala park opens door to major logging
A state's so-called koala wars appear no closer to being resolved as spatial mapping highlights the possible impact on native forest of a national park plan.
A state's so-called koala wars appear no closer to being resolved as spatial mapping highlights the possible impact on native forest of a national park plan.
A billion-dollar purported price tag for a new national park has dropped jaws and raised eyebrows as loggers and environmentalists resume hostilities.
After the Black Summer bushfires ravaged NSW's koala population, analysis has found a proposed national park area contains around 12,000 of the native animals.
An end to native forest logging in NSW is among five options being put to stakeholders, with conservationists saying the move is a big deal for the environment.
NSW cleared an area more than 160 times the size of Sydney's CBD in a single year, new government figures show.
Federal independents are mounting a renewed push to get the environment minister to deal with state-based logging threats to endangered species.
Logging continues in a small patch of NSW where a rare frog lives despite the species being listed as endangered under both federal and state laws.
A conservation group is urging the Queensland government to protect land with greater glider habitat after logging near a site where the species has been seen.
Analysis shows 11 of the 20 active logging operations under way in northern NSW are in areas earmarked for a sprawling koala park, conservation groups say.
It's been six months since Kirsha Kaechele held a bizarre congress to get loggers and forest defenders talking. In typical MONA fashion it's been polarising.
There's no end in sight to a large-scale shutdown of timber harvesting in NSW, with all sectors of the timber industry feeling the financial pain.
Rules designed to protect endangered greater gliders have been changed after the Forestry Corporation raised concerns about NSW's wood supplies.
A public interest advocate is seeking special permission to be heard in court when the NSW government's logging business is sentenced for forest destruction.
The NSW Forestry Corporation has again been accused of incompetently searching for endangered greater gliders before logging their habitat.
Native forestry in Tasmania will be expanded if the Liberal government is re-elected at the upcoming state election on March 23.
A plan by Tasmania's Liberal government to go big on native forest logging when other states are bugging out has dismayed conservationists.
A corporation that logs native forests says it's not required to do a perfect job when looking for den trees of an endangered marsupial.
NSW's environmental watchdog is rewriting search rules after the Forestry Corporation looked for an endangered nocturnal glider during the day.
NSW MPs have been told of several violent attacks and threats against workers as tensions rise about the logging of culturally significant forests.
The Victorian government will phase out native timber logging in 2024 and has announced a transition package in the state budget.
Dwindling timber supplies have been blamed for Australia's last white paper manufacturer shutting its eastern Victorian plant, with 200 jobs to go.
Dwindling timber supplies have been blamed for Australia's last white paper manufacturer shutting its eastern Victorian plant.
Paper companies are scrambling to source foreign white paper after a lack of domestic timber supply dented production at Australia's only white paper mill.
A coalition of conservation groups has launched a campaign calling for the Queensland government to draw up a plan to halt deforestation in the state.
An array of mechanisms are in play to cut emissions, with new laws simply setting a framework for detailed climate response tools that are yet to be argued out.
Australia's carbon emissions need to peak during the next parliament to achieve net zero by 2050, but there's no expectation the major parties will change tack.
An industry scorecard finds Australia is leading the world on carbon farming, but uncertainty hangs over the sector with Labor pledging a review if elected.
VicForests harvested forests that were known or likely to contain threatened species or their habitat after the Black Summer bushfires, a court has heard.