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904ForestryEcological Forestry (2)
Sustainable Forestry – Tasmania’s hardwood forests are the tallest in Earth. Mountain ash trees grow to heights of 100m and can live...
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674Economy
Caught on camera!
[Extracts from Save the Tasmanian Devil newsletter June 2011] prepared by David Obendorf Tasmanian devil populations are persisting at ‘ground zero’ –...
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805Environment
Ecological Forestry
In 2007 Mike Fay, a Wildlife Conservation Society and National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence decided to investigate how Earth’s tallest forests had been...
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1.4KEconomy
Dear Mr Wightman, please tell us …
Open letter to Minister B. Wightman MP Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 10:56 AM To: Brian Wightman Cc: Bryan Green Subject: Foxes...
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806Economy
Georges River: the ABC apology is ridiculous
It is eleven months since the then Premier of Tasmania, David Bartlett decided to officially complain to ABC management about a two-part...
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804Environment
Tasmania is eradicating its cryptic fox population. We’d scrap FEP, say Libs
According to retiring Leader of Government Business in the Legislative Council the strategy of ‘precautionary baiting’ is working a treat…the noose is...
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1.6KEconomy
Fox: As rare as the Thylacine. Ex-hunter: they don’t exist
The 15th of May 2011 was the 10th anniversary of the reported sighting of a fox by Chris Spencer on Illawarra Road...
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2.0KEconomy
Faecal DNA detection … the case of feral foxes in Tasmania
Abstract Early detection of biological invasions is critical to reducing their impact, but because invading organisms are initially at low densities, detection...
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1.3KEconomy
Hunt for fox proof ‘ends’
THE head of Tasmania’s multi-million-dollar fox eradication team says searching for evidence of foxes in the state is no longer necessary as...
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1.1KEconomy
$70m and still no live foxes. Government committed to continued funding
WITH front-line jobs expected to be on the chopping block as the state government brings down its budget in just over three...
