I have spoken many times in this place, as senators would be aware, about the significant contribution that is made by our sustainable forestry...
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Re: CHARBONNEAU – Anti-greenwashing laws should apply to forestry industry Those of us in rural British Columbia are bracing for the ravages of climate change that will bear down upon us with a vengeance this year (if the government and its experts are to be believed). We brace knowing that the Emperor Wears No Clothes. The premier and the ministers (Ralston of Forests, Ma of Emergency Management & Climate Readiness, Cullen of Land, Water Resource Stewardship, and Heyman, Environment) present publicly with compassion and concern. They wear the cloak of legitimacy. All are urging citizen proactivity — firesmarting, purchasing water storage capacity, upgrading irrigation methods. Funding is announced for this or that “resiliency-building” endeavour, all of which must be applied for through complex bureaucratic structures and grant applications that do not and cannot ensure “resiliency” before the crunch and crisis we will see. Every single emperor in the tacit service of timber, with loyalty to timber, is refusing to audibly and publicly acknowledge that in private, at the cabinet table and in their own ministerial offices, each one knows that poor forestry practices, and “forest stewardship” (absent rigorous checks and balances and the absent any concern for conflicts of interests [...]
I have spoken many times in this place, as senators would be aware, about the significant contribution that is made by our sustainable forestry...
TotalEnergies has signed a $100 million agreement with Anew Climate, a North American leader in climate solutions, and Aurora Sustainable Lands, a...
The Australian Forest Products Association has welcomed the Sector Pathways Review released by the Climate Change Authority (CCA). Source: Timberbiz...
The Resources Energy & Environment Foundation (REEF) is urging the Albanese Labor Government to consider the environmental contribution to the...
Victoria’s timber towns are set to be stripped of more jobs, as Premier Jacinta Allan prepares to cut 208 staff from her government’s Bushfire and...
Forestry Australia is disappointed the Queensland Government is jumping the gun in declaring a Greater Glider Forest Park. Source: Timberbiz Forestry...
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and EPFL are spraying water vapour into the crowns of...
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and EPFL are spraying water vapour into the crowns of...
The Federal Government has taken another important step in preventing trans-border environmental crime with a Bill to more effectively combat...
A report prepared by Greenwood Strategy Solutions Pty Ltd on behalf of the Tasmanian Forestry Hub finds Tasmania’s Forest and Wood products sector...