Wednesday 01 July 2026
Four of Australia’s most senior forest scientists have questioned the evidence underpinning native forest harvesting bans. In a new paper in the peer-reviewed journal Australian Forestry, they argue that closures of commercial native forest harvesting on public land …
Friday 26 June 2026
Forestry Australia has raised concerns following the Australian Government’s approval of the Improved Native Forest Management in Multiple-use Public Native …
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Australia must decide what it wants from its timber supply. That is according to Forestry Australia, which represents the nation’s forest scientists, managers and growers, and which says ending native forest harvesting at home does not …
Monday 22 June 2026
Forestry Australia President Dr Michelle Freeman has used a 3AW Mornings with Tom Elliott interview to make an important point about Victoria’s native forest harvesting ban: the demand for timber did not vanish …
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Australia’s most significant overhaul of national environmental law in a generation is about to reshape federal oversight of forest management, and many of the operators it will affect are still working out what it means for them. To help unpack …
Tuesday 09 June 2026
Forestry Australia congratulates Dr Peter Stanton AM PSM, the forester and landscape ecologist whose field surveys helped secure the Wet Tropics World Heritage listing, on his appointment as a Member of …
Friday 29 May 2026
Biological control in forest plantations can confound even the scientists designing it, and a new NSW study has delivered a striking example. A cryptogenic nematode strain, not the Kamona inoculant deliberately released by researchers, was responsible …
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Women in forestry must be prepared to flex their courage muscle if they want to help shape forestry’s future, three of Australia’s most prominent rural and industry women told more than 100 Forestry Australia webinar attendees on Tuesday. …
Thursday 21 May 2026
Public claims that timber harvesting increases bushfire risk are based on narrow and contested evidence, and should not be generalised across Australia’s diverse forests, according to a new evidence review released by Forestry …
Thursday 21 May 2026
Award-winning journalist, author and Monash University Professor Stan Grant will deliver a keynote address at the 2026 Forestry Australia Symposium in Canberra, with registrations now open for the three-day event in October.
Stan Grant will headline the program as keynote speaker, …