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In the News

Investing in Tasmania’s Future 
2021 National Conference coverage featuring Bob Gordon and Victor Steffensen
13 October 2021
The Examiner
By Sarah Davison 

Where we will get our hardwood? 
WA Native Forest Harvest Decision
9 October 2021
WA Post
Letter by John Clarke  

State Government can’t see the Wood for the Trees
WA Native Forest Harvest Decision
6 October 2021
Manjimup Bridgetown Times
Letter by Lachlan McCaw

Does timber harvesting make forests more flammable?

IFA/AFG members Prof. Kevin Tolhurst and Jerry Vanclay have written an OpEd piece titled, Does timber harvesting make forests more flammable?

They note that, “Some ecologists and conservationists, opposed to timber harvesting, are trying to use bushfire disasters as a lever to stop native forest harvesting, but their case is based on opinion, beliefs and selective science.”

Click HERE to read the article.