Sciences

Dear Brand Tasmania

Dear Mr Heazlewood, Brand Tasmania, I write as a seriously concerned, relatively new Tasmanian. I came to live in Tasmania with my...

World class forestry practice …

Shock at destruction of tiger-sighting area: HANS Naarding does not believe the thylacine exists. He reckons the Tasmanian tiger “was on the...

Shooting the messenger

Shooting messengers has become a culturally-acceptable sport within the Department of Primary Industry, Water & Environment. What’s more it’s Open Season all...

Losers …

Oh, that oxymoron, the government business enterprise. Here we have Forestry Tasmania, inaugurated with a write down of $520 million, or 7...

Dear Public Servant

Thursday 5th May, 2005 Dear (public servant) Chris Mitchell CC: edo tas and others, I too am sorry that my lungs have...

Questions for Launceston City Council

Whereas there is insufficient information available to properly understand whether the benefits of a Pulp Mill on our region outweigh the detriments,...

Ralphs Bay …

Recherche Bay …

Much publicity has been given to the logging of a portionof the northern peninsula of Recherche Bay. When my father bought the...

The price of life

An interesting scenario with agriculture in Australia. Farmers are complaining loudly that the prices they get for their produce is way too...

A talk with the UN

21st April 2005 To: Patrick Durst Senior Forestry Officer FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific 39 Phra Atit Road, Bangkok...