Forest Wars News Today

Three books, two by Australian authors, reaffirm the dramatic impact humanity has had, and continues to have, on our fragile environment, writes reviewer COLIN STEELE.

Wombat State Forest near Daylesford has sparked a new chapter in Victoria’s forest wars, pitting Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation against a renowned ecology professor and his publisher.

Leading ecologist David Lindenmayer says it was important to write a book on native forest logging in Australia, despite enduring years of personal attacks.

David Lindenmayer is a world-leading expert in forest ecology and resource management, conservation science and biodiversity conservation.

With its environmental devastation and persistent dependency on disproven myths, the logging industry needs to be re-examined as a whole, Rosemary Sorensen writes.

Liberals propose opening 40,000 hectares of Tasmanian forests for logging to secure sawlog supplies and industry stability..