MEDIA RELEASE
30 October 2020
Underwhelming Bushfire Royal Commission report lacks vision needed to address Australia’s bushfire woes
The Bushfire Royal Commission’s final report is totally underwhelming and fails to address the current imbalance between fire prevention and fire response says the Institute of Foresters (IFA/AFG), the professional association representing some …
MEDIA RELEASE
26 October, 2020
Bush Fire Royal Commission task to simply recommend findings of previous 58 inquiries
The professional association representing some 1,000 forest scientists, researchers and forest professional managers, the Institute of Foresters (IFA/AFG) has called on the Bush Fire Royal Commission to simply audit and …
MEDIA RELEASE
21 October 2020
The professional association representing some 1,000 forest scientists, researchers and professional forest managers, the Institute of Foresters (IFA/AFG) have highlighted a near one third cut to university funding of environmental studies courses as being short sighted.
IFA/AFG President Bob Gordon said at a …
MEDIA RELEASE
8 October, 2020
Ecological forest management protects forest flora and fauna, not a threat
The professional association representing some 1,000 forest scientists, researchers and professional forest land managers, the Institute of Foresters (IFA/AFG), has highlighted there are no forest operations in Australia that have been identified …
MEDIA RELEASE
12 August 2020
The Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers (IFA/AFG) have welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to expand eligibility criteria and extend the application timeframe for the $75,000 Primary Producer bushfire recovery grants.
IFA/AFG Vice President and Chair of the Forest Growers Committee, …
OPINION PIECE
15 July 2020
Australia’s fire-prone landscape deserves better land and fire management. Just like the 242 related Inquiries and Reviews conducted in Australia before it, the current Royal Commission looking into natural disasters in Australia risks being held back by political expediency, community apathy, short memories and …
MEDIA RELEASE
7 July 2020
Understanding the specialist skill set needed to fight forest fires and investing in year-round land management and fire prevention activity is the best way to avoid the widescale loss of lives, property and …
MEDIA RELEASE
17 June 2020
The organisation representing forest managers and private forest owners has welcomed calls for action on ecological thinning of regrowth forests in the south-west of Western Australia. Institute of Foresters and Australian Forest Growers spokesman John Clarke said that thinning …
MEDIA RELEASE
28 May 2021
The peak organisation for forest scientists and land managers, the Institute of Foresters Australia and Australian Forest Growers (IFA/AFG) supports clarification of the Federal Court decision finding VicForests had not followed what appear to be conflicting …
MEDIA RELEASE
15 May 2020
The IFA / AFG welcome the release of the Northern forestry and forest products industry situation analysis by the Co-operative Research Centre of Northern Australia (CRCNA).
The situation analysis identifies several of the emerging and potential …