Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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1.0KPlans to log Swift Parrot critical nesting refuge
Photo one and three are forest behind Cloudy Bay threatened by logging, the recently logged coupe is SB17D logged in 2015. Logging...
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STATE … of denial
Both the Tasmanian government and the Tourism Industry Council have criticized Lonely Planet’s latest guide ( ABC Wrap HERE and Will Hodgman...
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Has FT turned the corner?
A bit of lipstick makes no difference. It’s still a pig. Resources Minister Harriss’ media release that accompanied FT’s 2015 Annual Return...
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Palm oil, pollution and pyro-politics
*Pic: Figure 1. Borneo, in a non El Nino year: The skies over Putusibau, West Kalimantan, 28 October 2014. Another smokey morning...
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Tarkine Vandalism: More Forestry Untruths Exposed …
For almost half a century Tasmanians have heard little variation to the monotonous theme that woodchipping is merely cleaning up the logging...
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Hundreds without life savings. Burning-off’s limits. ‘Another handout for Forestry …’
Initially billed as low-risk investments, failed timber and agri-business schemes around the country have now cost thousands of Australian investors their life...
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I am dumbstruck …
I am dumbstruck, a bit like this pterodactyl. Driving down my only access road to my home this afternoon I am confronted...
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Is the Fox guarding the Forestry ‘Chook House’?
When the appointed auditor of compliance for FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification is paid by the timber management company (Forico) and Forico...
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A beautiful corner cabinet … and blackwood logs on the Burnie wharf …
I was approached by Kim Booth in late 2013 on the subject of reject blackwood logs then lying on Burnie Wharf and...
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FSC: Mission Impossible …
The more you scratch the surface the more you understand that FT will never get full FSC Accreditation. This means the overseas,...
