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CFMEU declares forests war is over

Matthew Franklin, Chief political correspondent –  The Australian – October 23, 2010 12:00AM http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/cfmeu-declares-forests-war-is-over/story-fn59niix-1225942469608 THE union representing forestry workers has...

Industrial logging linked to frequency and severity of fire

5 March 2010 – Reporter: Gregg Borschmann http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2010/2837143.htm One year on from the Black Saturday fires in Victoria, many Australians, and the Bushfires Royal Commission, are still trying to explain the ferocity of the...

Forest logging creates fire traps: academic

4/03/2010   http://www.industrysearch.com.au/Features/Forest-logging-creates-fire-traps-academic-4857     Decades of industrial logging in Australia’s wet forests have made them more fire prone, raising urgent fire management issues, according to an ANU...

Case logs off

By Kath Gannaway – 24th August 2010 02:00:29 AM http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/mail/mountain-views/256/story/93523.html CHARGES filed in the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court in June claiming VicForests illegally logged a forest area in Toolangi have been dropped....

Receding gums: What ails Australia’s iconic trees?

16 September 2010 by Wendy Zukerman  New Scientist Magazine issue 2777 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727772.200-receding-gums-what-ails-australias-iconic-trees.html Eucalyptus trees are dying all over Australia. To save them, we might have to learn to play...