Forests Updates
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Tassie trees on death row - January 25, 2012
How would you feel if you were given a stay of execution – only to find the executioners turning up to take you away regardless? Tragically, that’s what’s happening to high conservation value forests in Tasmania right now.
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Clock ticking for Leadbeaters’ survival - January 25, 2012
The little Leadbeater’s possum, Victoria’s faunal emblem and already under threat of extinction due to intensive logging and bushfires, now looks set to being fast tracked to extinction by the Baillieu Government.
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Not good enough: Tasmanian forests continue to fall despite agreement - January 17, 2012
Bad things traditionally happen on Friday the thirteenth and this date didn’t bode well for the conservation agreement that could have protected critical areas of Tasmania’s native forests.
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Baillieu's forest plan deeply flawed - December 22, 2011
Victorian Campaign Manager, Luke Chamberlain, talks about why the Baillieu governments new plan for our state's forests is bad for the environment, bad for jobs and bad for communities.
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Tassie forests - one year later - December 14, 2011
It is a year to the day since former Premier David Bartlett and Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke announced they would support an agreement that promised to end Tasmania’s long-running forest dispute and that logging would stop in high conservation value forests.
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Wild profile - Geraldine Ryan - December 06, 2011
Geraldine Ryan is a volunteer at the Wilderness Society and has been campaigning for the environment for many years. She has a particular passion for protecting our remaining native forests and has been active in NSW and Victoria. Here Geraldine talks about her influences and inspirations.
