Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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1.2KLaunch: Among the Willows and Wild Things, TFWF Sept 15, 1.15pm
Among the Willows and Wild Things: The Fingal Valley Nature Diary of a Young Girl in the 1930s by Ann Page will...
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REVIEW: ‘Refining the definition of wilderness’ by Hawes, Dixon & Bell
The first sentence in this booklet states that, “There is at present no consensus on how wilderness should be defined”. This is...
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We were warned about climate change in 1912 …
First published August 20 We were warned about Climate Change in 1912.
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Smoke and mirror madness … Forestry burns legal, yet backyard BBQs could be censured
*Pic: Atomic bomb-style smoke plumes of a typical autumn day in the Southern Forests. – Pic source unknown All BBQ’s produce smoke...
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‘The National Picture: overwhelming reminder of wilful gaps in Australia’s history’
*Pic: Greg Lehman, Tim Bonyhady and Franchesca Cubillo from the NGA, in front of portraits by settler Benjamin Duterrau. Photograph: NGA Symbolically...
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Reverse Alchemy … STT turns forest gold into more chips and debt
*Pic: Myrtle forest in mist – Tarkine – pic Ted Mead First published August 17 Even after the 2017 fire sale of...
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‘Get glyphosate off our globe’
A California jury has awarded school groundsman Dewayne Johnson $289 million for his terminal non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The jury found, on all the...
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‘Woodchip fan-girl gets real’
As a special guest of dishonour, the Hag attended the Private Forestry Tasmania forum last week at the ‘main bar’ at the...
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Gingivitis – Boiling the Gum in Tasmania
*Pic: A gum tree on the boil (Rose Grant) Boiled gum exuding from a dead tree (Rose Grant) I have started to...
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‘Ecotourism’ … the new greenwash term
*Photo: Cradle Mt. 2018 (modified) First published August 9 ‘Ecotourism’ is a term that is misused across the world – as all...
