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23 May 2023
Victoria’s native logging exit to boost Australia’s climate change action
ANU experts have welcomed the Victorian government’s decision to exit native forest logging in 2024, six years ahead of what it had previously planned.
14 October 2022
Stopping native forest logging key to reaching net zero
Leading researchers are calling for a cease to native forest logging if Australia wants to meet its net zero targets in coming decades.
22 April 2022
Logging 'amplified' severity of Black Summer bushfires
An analysis of the fire footprint of the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires has found logging elevated the risk of high-severity fires.
24 September 2020
Fire and logging reduce homes for threatened mammals
Fire and logging are substantially reducing the number of hollow-bearing trees that threatened and critically endangered Australian mammals can use as homes, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) warns. The findings come as the number of Australian mammals which live and nest in tree hollows is also declining. The study used information from 158 sites collected at regular intervals since 1997. It found a direct relationship between the number of hollow-bearing trees in an area and the number of possums and gliders living there. The study also found the number of critically endangered Leadbeater’s possums has declined in areas where the surrounding…
3 May 2022
Tasmania goes net carbon negative by reducing logging
Tasmania has become one of the first jurisdictions in the world to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions and increase removals to become net carbon negative, according to new research from ANU and Griffith University.
16 August 2021
Logging increases risk of severe fire
Logged forests near regional and rural towns and settlements are at increased risk of increased fire severity, new research from ANU shows.
22 January 2024
Prescribed burning could be making Aussie forests more flammable
Disturbing natural forests with activities such as logging and prescribed burning can make them more flammable, according to new research from ANU and Curtin University.
16 October 2020
New benchmark to protect biodiversity after bushfires
A new study has found up to three quarters of damaged forest needs to be protected from logging after major natural disasters, in order to preserve its biodiversity. According to co-author Professor David Lindenmayer from The Australian National University (ANU), “naturally disturbed” forests are among the most threatened habitats in the world. “Our study looked at how plants, birds and fungi cope in these forests after events like wildfires, storms and insect outbreaks,” Professor Lindenmayer said. “In most cases, these forests are subjected to what’s known as salvage logging after a natural disaster, which has long been thought to help…
21 February 2025
Australian LGBTIQ+ politicians were hit with vile online abuse at the last federal election. The coming campaign could be even worse
New analysis of more than 100,000 tweets has found that queer Australian politicians suffer more personal abuse online than straight politicians.
25 March 2024
New data confirms swift parrot population fears
A new evaluation of the number of swift parrots left in the wild has confirmed their population size is likely only a few hundred and declining rapidly.
14 November 2023
High-severity wildfires threaten global timber production
The world has lost timber production area the size of Great Britain due to wildfires, new research shows.
23 February 2023
Why Tasmania and Victoria dominate the list of Australia's largest trees – and why these majestic giants are under threat
Australia's biggest trees have both ecological and cultural significance, and must be protected.
9 February 2023
Victoria’s protection plan for Gliders falls short
Areas set aside as part of plan to conserve 35 threatened species fall "well short" in their goal to stop the extinction of Victoria's most at-risk wildlife.
13 December 2022
‘Complete elation’ greeted Tanya Plibersek’s big plans to protect nature - but hurdles litter the path
The path of Plibersek’s big agenda for Australia’s national environment law stretches far beyond the one-term political horizon – and it’s fraught with dangers.