New appointments grow IFA/AFG board capacity and diversity

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14 December, 2020

New appointments grow IFA/AFG board capacity and diversity The Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers (IFA/AFG) is delighted to announce the appointments of a new Vice President and board member, with Dr Michelle Freeman elected as Vice President …

Fraser Island Fire

MEDIA RELEASE
11 December, 2020

IFA/AFG respond to Tasmanian doctors’ forestry claims

MEDIA RELEASE
6 November, 2020

IFA/AFG respond to Tasmanian doctors’ forestry claims The peak organisation representing some 1,000 professional and scientific forest land managers in Australia have responded to a public letter from Tasmanian doctors calling for Premier Peter Gutwein to end the harvesting of native forests.

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Bushfire Royal Commission report lacks vision

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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 …

Bushfire Royal Commission

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26 October, 2020

Federal Government cuts to university environmental studies short sighted

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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 …

Forest management does not cause extinction

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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 …

Private forest growers welcome expanded bushfire relief eligibility

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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, …