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 …
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, …
Wednesday 20 May 2026
A new national forestry education program, built on a century of professional training and designed to meet the demands of a rapidly changing sector, has graduated its first cohort. The milestone is the subject of a perspective piece …
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Wednesday 6 May 2026
A critically endangered parrot facing functional extinction by the end of this decade is being killed off primarily by an introduced predator, not by native forest harvesting, and a new peer-reviewed study argues that conservation strategies …
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Thursday 2 April 2026
Forestry Australia acknowledges the Australian Government’s decision to list the Alpine Ash forests of mainland Australia as an endangered ecological community under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), …