NSW’s forest sector is this week celebrating timber – the ultimate renewable product. Tuesday marked National Forestry Day recognising...
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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 [...]
NSW’s forest sector is this week celebrating timber – the ultimate renewable product. Tuesday marked National Forestry Day recognising...
A typical forest takes 30 years from planting to harvest. That’s 10 election cycles. Up to 10 different governments and ministers of forestry –...
US Pacific County Superior Court Judge Donald J Richter rejected a lawsuit by anti-forestry groups claiming the Washington Department of Natural...
In celebration of National Forestry Day, 600 students gathered at Wulanda Recreation Centre in Mount Gambier yesterday for a concert featuring George...
The Federal Government has announced funding worth $5.65 million for eight new plantation projects through round two of the Support Plantation...
Yesterday’s National Forestry Day was a time to celebrate the importance of Australia’s forest industries and the benefits they provide for...
A healthy forest ecosystem is essential for a healthy planet. Forests regulate the climate, rainfall patterns and watersheds and are crucial for...
A motion supporting the timber industry in New South Wales passed at the July State Labor Annual State Conference has been warmly welcomed by the...
Timber Queensland has partnered with Jobs Queensland to develop a workforce plan and action-based initiatives for the forest and timber industry...
Timber Queensland has announced the recipients of the 2024-25 Growth Scholarship Awards Program. Timber Queensland’s Strategic Relations Manager...