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1.1KForestry: A Modus Operandi
It seems that with the issue of Forestry, no-one has really put their finger on the problem. Neither Forestry themselves, the government,...
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The Tale of Two Forests
It was late evening and there was no one else on the track. A thick, misty drizzle drifted through the tree-tops, obscuring...
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FT, and Foxgloves, and the WHA
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Weed Survey I was asked in late October 2011, as a neighbour to a World Heritage Area (WHA),...
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Two cases of Big Oil in South America
An Ecuadorean appeals court has upheld a ruling that Chevron should pay damages totalling $18.2bn (£11.5bn) over Amazon oil pollution. Chevron said...
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Government in talks to free whaling activists from ship
Photo: The three Forest Rescue activists (identity order in photo unavailable) who boarded the Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru 2 off the...
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AFP spies targeting green activists
THE Resources and Energy Minister, Martin Ferguson, has secretly pushed for increased surveillance by federal police intelligence officers of environmental activists who...
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Where are you, Will Hodgman?
ABC pic Christine Milne had this to say in the Senate over Federal Forestry Agreements with Tasmania’s FT: “This was an agreement{2005}...
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Ancanthe Park subdivision approval demonstrates state planning laws are undemocratic
Tasmanian Conservation Trust’s biodiversity campaigner Jennifer Rowallan believes that the Ancanthe Park decision made by Hobart City Council shows that it is...
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TFGA says get real on hemp
If Tasmania is to develop a viable hemp-growing industry for both food and fibre use, it is imperative that the state and...
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A pulped forest industry as Gunns scrapes the bottom
Pulp mill site works, September 011. Pic: Code Green I’m not much interested in the machinations of who buys logs of what...
