Tasmania has become one of the first jurisdictions in the world to reduce their carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions and increase removals to become net carbon negative, according to new research from The ...

Sixteen‑year‑old Penguin resident Rose Welsh said it was important to protect local forests, where she spends time hiking with her mother. “It’s important because we don’t want to see all the forests ...

The report, by economics researcher Andy Bakonyi and forest ecologist Jen Sanger found that the native forest logging industry has been sustained by extensive state and federal government intervention ...

Forestry Tasmania, the forest service of Tasmania, has signed an agreement with environmental activists to cease logging activities in the Upper Florentine Valley of the island. The moratorium will ...

Negotiations between conservationists and the timber industry, first revealed by The Australian in May, have entered sensitive final stages. The peak conservation, industry and trade union groups ...

Conservation groups have demanded an end to native forest logging after a report exposed more than $1.25 billion in government subsidies keeping the industry alive. The report, by economics researcher ...