MEDIA RELEASE
Friday 9 October
Courageous conversations, fresh perspectives and a willingness to listen were among the defining features of Forestry Australia’s 2026 Symposium, which brought together nearly 280 delegates in Canberra this week.
Held at the Rex …
MEDIA RELEASE
Thursday 8 October
Forestry Australia has recognised the significant contributions of retiring President Dr Michelle Freeman, as well as retiring Vice-President Dr Bill Jackson, whilst also welcoming two newly elected directors, Louise Bourke and Dr Phil Lacy, after the Annual General …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Wednesday 23 September
By Dr Michelle Freeman, President, Forestry Australia
The Senate has made a political decision to allow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) Method, which credits carbon for reducing or ending timber harvesting in native forests, …
MEDIA RELEASE
Tuesday 6 October
Forest scientists, managers, growers and communicators from across Australia will gather at Canberra from tomorrow for the 2026 Forestry Australia Symposium. So far, more than 280 delegates have registered to attend the three-day symposium focused on …
MEDIA RELEASE
Friday 4 September 2026
More than 190 people have already registered for the 2026 Forestry Australia Symposium, where the sector will spend three days on a question how forestry can strengthen public awareness, build social licence and …
Financial support is available for early-career and Indigenous Australian forestry practitioners, researchers and students.
Forestry Australia and the Australian Forest and Wood Innovations Centre for Climate-Smart Forestry (AFWI CCSF) are offering scholarship opportunities to support early-career professionals or Indigenous Australians to attend Forestry Australia’s 2026 Symposium …
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Tuesday 18 August 2026
Forest scientists have welcomed the deferral of the Senate vote on the Improved Native Forest Management Method (INFM Method) to 15 September, saying the additional four weeks should be used to publish the …
MEDIA RELEASE
Thursday 30 July 2026
Forestry Australia is raising serious concerns about the new Improved Native Forest Management in Multiple-use Public Native Forests Method (INFM Method), after technical analysis by its forest carbon experts identified …
Thursday 23 July 2026
This Sunday morning, in parks, paddocks and backyards across the country, thousands of Australians will kneel in the winter soil and plant a tree. Planet Ark’s National Tree Day turns 30 this year, and Australians have planted almost 28 …
Friday 16 July 2026
New spatial modelling published in Australian Forestry, the peer-reviewed journal of Forestry Australia, finds that only a small share of the private native forest estate along the New South Wales coast and tablelands can …