The Dial Range on Tasmania’s North‑West Coast has become the latest flashpoint in the state’s long‑running forests debate, with the Tasmanian Greens urging Premier Jeremy Rockliff to halt proposed ...

Sixteen‑year‑old Penguin resident Rose Welsh said it was important to protect local forests, where she spends time hiking with her mother. “It’s important because we don’t want to see all the forests ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, September 10, 2010 (ENS) – Australian environmental groups are rejoicing as the new head of Tasmanian timber company Gunns Limited announced the company will move away from ...

Masked owls have continued to inhabit Tasmanian forest areas after timber harvesting operations, according to encouraging new acoustic monitoring results from Sustainable Timbers Tasmania. Owls remain ...

The report, by economics researcher Andy Bakonyi and forest ecologist Jen Sanger found that the native forest logging industry has been sustained by extensive state and federal government intervention ...

A petition calling for an end to the logging of native forest in the state’s North-East has attracted more than 24,000 signatures. LATEST >> It was started by Blue Derby Wild, which has been ...