Tag: Logging

Native forest logging may be near the end thanks to historic court decisions, ‘Precautionary Principle’ – Michael West

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Due more to the courts than politicians, native forest logging may be nearing an end. Recent court judgements in Victorian Supreme and and Federal courts don’t augur well for the logging industry. Sue Arnold reports.

Source: Native forest logging may be near the end thanks to historic court decisions, ‘Precautionary Principle’ – Michael West

Fines don’t faze Forestry Corp’s lust for logging

The EPA is urging the Government to order an independent review of Forestry Corporation NSW, which is facing new allegations after having just been fined for wiping out significant koala habitat, writes James Tremain.

Source: Fines don’t faze Forestry Corp’s lust for logging