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NEWS Old growth and rainforest logging still occurs in Victoria in 2010 - proof that the Fool's Paradise is alive and well. Blame John Brumby, as a twice failed opposition leader he promised to end old growth logging if elected. Now that he has become unelected Premier of Victoria (by default after Steve Bracks resignation) he has turned his back on his previous commitment to protect these forests. Masalai i tokaut has been fighting corruption in the PNG forest industry since 2002. Their site is now being blocked in PNG. Apparently some powerful people don't want the truth getting out. There is a link to a mirror of their site underneath our header (top right). Brumby Government set to increase native forest logging volumes Tell the government what you think...Contacts
Old Growth forest still being decimated in East Gippsland Environmental Investigation Agency
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FSC - ON THE NOSE, Corporate capture subverts conservation. What would FSC mean for native forest in Victoria? Can the principles and criteria of FSC move the forest debate forward? Strzelecki cores and links proposal (pdf)
THE FORESTS OF VICTORIA
"Forest management is sustainable, we replace every tree that we log." - Forestry Myths THE RAINFOREST PROJECT - or why the Bracks Government still logs rainforest and refuse to accept the umpires decison (more at Victorian Rainforest Network) Focusing on Vic rainforest Carbon Credits (also see Sinks That Stink)
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Pine and Eucalypt plantations Is intensive tree cropping good for the earth? Some "environmentalists" will tell you it is...but... NEW - Plantations through local eyes or, the truth about Macquarie Bank's "environmental credentials" - NEW |
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Bushfire Dreaming: Aunty Betty King from south west Victoria-Copyright-
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