Tasmanian Times
Economy
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857Kids and pesticides don’t mix
This Monday, a study out of Harvard linked low-level, dietary exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OP’s) with increased prevalence of ADHD in kids....
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Gunns … it was so …
I have watched from afar the share price of Gunns Ltd through the past week. From an extremely low base of under...
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No, no, eucalypt plantations don’t guzzle water!
No, no, eucalypt plantations don’t guzzle water! Or do they? Found the following excerpt on www.pilipalapress.com under the title of Walking in...
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Cynical dismissal of substantial material evidence
An acceptance of unreferenced anecdotes as proof (of eastern quolls being introduced to Bruny in the 1970s) alongside cynical dismissal of substantial...
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Devil calls for end to logging
Today Still Wild Still Threatened released videos of endangered Tasmanian devils filmed in proposed logging coupes in the Upper Florentine valley. The...
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Formation of the Hemp Association of Tasmania
Industrial Hemp Association of Tasmania MEDIA RELEASE Friday, 21 May 2010 Due to an increase in interest in industrial hemp products, the...
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Wood fiber prices up
Wood fiber prices for the global pulp industry rose 11%, reaching pre-financial crisis levels in the 1Q/2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly...
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Ms Tierney, you are wrong. Greens, please don’t lose the plot
Dear Christine, You may recall that I have a good working knowledge of the Swiss forest and timber industries as well as...
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The Tragedy of Tasmania
Now that the Tasmanian election is done and dusted, and the show-bag tinsel of non-core promises (in the Tasmanian context all promises...
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Rountable delayed
Premier David Bartlett said today he had deferred the start of the proposed forestry roundtable to allow industry and environmental groups more...
