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Updated: September 02, 2010
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Protecting our climate, and protecting our wildlife. Australia has some of the most magnificent and biodiverse forests in the world. New science also shows they are some of the largest carbon banks on Earth, helping to reduce climate change as well as maintain our water supplies. Yet many of these ancient forests, particularly in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales, are clearfelled, burnt, and turned into millions of tonnes of woodchips for paper and cardboard every year.
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| Tasmania's forests |
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More native forest is logged in Tasmania than the rest of Australia combined - including some of the tallest old growth forests in the world. Find out about the threat from the Gunns pulp mill and other issues. |
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| Victoria's forests |
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Victoria's forests are some of the most effective carbon stores in the world, and provide crucial water supply areas. Find out about more about climate change, water, wildlife and logging. |
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| Save NSW's River Red Gums |
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Along the Murray River are the largest remaining red gum forests on Earth. With 75% stressed, dead or dying, these Australian icons urgently need to be protected. |
Forests Updates
- Australia's Outback Found to be a Vast Climate 'Pollution Bank' - September 01, 2010
- Tasmanian Forest and Forest Industry Talks: Questions and Answers - August 25, 2010
- Thousands join the Walk Against Warming across Australia - August 15, 2010
Australia’s vast Outback has been found to play a vital role in absorbing and storing damaging climate pollution and, if better managed, the area could become a key factor in reducing the nation’s greenhouse emissions, according to a new national study.
Environment and forest industry representatives have been talking informally to explore ways to resolve the conflict over native forests in Tasmania and protect both jobs and native forests. Find out more about the industry talks and what is happening now.
Over 15,000 people across Australia marched together in the Walk Against Warming yesterday in protest over the political inaction against climate change.
Forests Events
- Community carbon-accounting days
- Election campaign update, Forever Wild Bequest Program - Start: 12/09/10
With your help, we can measure the amount of carbon stored in the forests that Forestry Tasmania is planning to log, and find out the true value of Tasmania's forests. For more details on upcoming Community Carbon Accounting Days please contact the campaign centre on 03 6224 1550 or email liz.johnstone@wilderness.org.au Future community carbon-accounting days are being organised, and details will be listed here as soon as they are available.
On Sunday 12th September the Wilderness Society's Forever Wild Bequest Program will be holding an informative afternoon campaign update at the CERES Environment Park in East Brunswick at 2pm.
Forests Media Releases
- Historic opportunity to end years of conflict over Tasmania’s forests - August 26, 2010
- Supreme Court Orders VicForests to put endangered species before logging interests - August 11, 2010
- Environment groups call for regional fuel reduction burn targets - August 10, 2010
The Wilderness Society today responded to media reports on the ongoing
discussions about the protection of Tasmania’s native forests with
environment and forest industry representatives.
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has found that the government has a responsibility to look for and protect endangered wildlife before logging in the contentious Brown Mountain forests of East Gippsland.
The Victorian National Parks Association and The Wilderness Society today released a more detailed response to the final report of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, addressing the issues of fuel reduction burning, clearing of roadside vegetation and planning and native vegetation controls.
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