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Does timber harvesting make forests more flammable?

IFA/AFG members Prof. Kevin Tolhurst and Jerry Vanclay have written an OpEd piece titled, Does timber harvesting make forests more flammable?

They note that, “Some ecologists and conservationists, opposed to timber harvesting, are trying to use bushfire disasters as a lever to stop native forest harvesting, but their case is based on opinion, beliefs and selective science.”

Click HERE to read the article.