The current timber supply shortages in Victoria brought about by vexatious legal action against VicForests is causing anguish among the people of Orbost, where 24% of its workforce faces the axe.
The inevitable job losses and the withering of regional communities is showing its first signs as log supply dwindles thanks to a Victorian Government which is using activism as its most potent tool.
Join us. If we all come together in one loud voice, the Government must take notice. There is an election coming and we can make a difference.
Eurobodalla Shire Council is playing eco-politics with timber. The deliberate transfer of the impacts of our hardwood consumption offshore, to less regulated operations is selfish, unethical and immoral.
Documents recently obtained under FOI from the ANU reveal that an anonymous donor had funded a cost-benefit analysis on the cessation of native forest harvesting in NSW.
Documents recently obtained under FOI from the ANU reveal that an anonymous donor had funded a cost-benefit analysis on the cessation of native forest harvesting in NSW.
Forest & Wood Communities Australia has called for Tasmanian Greens MP Cassy O’Connor to resign after she accused a timber worker of attempted murder.
One of the Gippsland timber community’s most respected members has joined Forest & Wood Communities Australia as National Membership Manager.
The adage goes “don’t believe everything you hear” but in the case of the Greens latest stunt maybe that should be “don’t believe every signature that you read”.
Trees in special protection zones were illegally cut by anti-forestry activists to construct a tree sit during anti-forestry protests in the Central Highlands recently.