New research led by VicForests has found that preserving and creating midstorey forest connectivity is critical to maintaining Leadbeater’s Possum populations. Presenting at Forestry Australia’s National Conference this week, VicForests’ spatial data scientist Dr Ruizhu Jiang d

Listed forestry company Midway Limited has put almost 1600 hectares of blue gum plantations 50 kilometres north of Melbourne up for sale, offering them as a land banking opportunity for patient developers. Source: The Australian Financial Review Price expectations for the Wandong Plan

The Victorian State Government’s decision to halt native timber harvesting should deliver outcomes for the environment, protected species, and climate change, according to Victorian Forest Products Australia (VFPA). Source: Timberbiz The ‘Protecting Victoria’s Biodiversity’ report, ho

Forestry Australia President Bob Gordon has paid tribute to this year’s NW Jolly recipients, Dr Jerry Leech and Gary Morgan AM AFSM and congratulated Tegan Brown who was awarded the Prince of Wales Award. Source: Timberbiz “Named in honour of Norman William Jolly, who made an outstand

Cameron MacDonald has been appointed chairman of the Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub following the retirement of Ian McDonnell. Mr MacDonald, who was elevated from his previous position as deputy chair, said he was delighted to take on the role and to be supported by industry sta

The State Government in Victoria has agreed to hand over all documents relating to the closure of the native timber industry to Shooters and Fishers Party MP Jeff Bourman. Mr Bourman posted the news on Facebook with the comment that he was looking forward to seeing the documents on 1

We were recently made aware of the news that the Amazon basin has switched from a carbon sink to a carbon source. This was global news at the time, highlighting how the growing demand for forest products is fuelling unsustainable forestry practices in places like the Amazon and the ne

So, despite all the silly protests, koalas on the north coast of NSW are not under threat of extinction from timber harvesting after all. In fact, to quote the State’s Natural Resources Commissioner, Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte – koala density is higher than anticipated in the survey