Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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110‘Saving the Last Giants’ Documentary (English)
In 2013, with support from the Australian government, the major forestry companies in Tasmania submitted an unusual request to UNESCO: to declassify...
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Protesting Native Forest Logging Central Highlands
Media Release – Bob Brown Foundation, 14 April 2025 Protesters again halt Australia’s worst logging in Tasmania’s Central Highlands Climate protector and...
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Race to Secure Genetic Data of Giant Trees
Giant old trees are survivors. But their size and age do not protect them against everything. They face threats such as logging...
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McKim: Railton Cement Plan will Burn Woodchips
Media release – Nick McKim, Greens Senator for Tasmania, 16 August 2024 Railton cement plant A $53 million grant given to upgrade...
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Quamby Bluff Takes Stage at GWT Tourism Assocation Awards
Media release – Hands Off Quamby Bluff, 15 May 2024 Quamby Bluff Takes The Stage At Tourism Awards Night – Community Efforts to...
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Habitat Protection Laws ‘Ineffective, Woeful’
Media Release – Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), 14 May 2024 Australia’s habitat protection laws ‘ineffective, woefully underused’, new report finds A new report...
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Masked Owls Detected in Logging-threatened Florentine Valley
Media release – Bob Brown Foundation, 10 May 2024 Masked owl new findings renews call for ending native forest logging in Tasmania’s...
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Fines Laid over Smithton Land Clearing
Media release – Forest Practices Authority (FPA), 3 May 2024 516 BHP Pty Ltd convicted and fined $120,000 for illegal land clearing...
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Govt Subsidising Private Forests
Media release – Eric Abetz, Minister for Business, Industry and Resources; Nick Duigan, Minister for Energy and Renewables, 2 May 2024 Farmers to...
