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Britain in the 1920s planted millions of Sitka spruce trees for timber, but scientists now say the country's forests support far fewer birds, plants, and insects than native woodlands

Britain's vast Sitka spruce plantations, while economically vital, host a surprisingly limited number of species compared to native trees. A new study reveals that introducing diverse tree species, particularly in "blocky mixes," can significantly boost biodiversity and soil health without sacrificing timber production. This approach offers a balanced solution for…

The Economic Times

Phuket's Nui beach encroachers given tear-down ultimatum

PHUKET - The operators of businesses deemed to be encroaching on Nui Beach have been ordered to demolish their structures and return the land to the Royal Forestry Department by July 9 or face action from authorities.

Bangkok Post

Former NSW Labor minister condemns Forestry Corporation after greater glider ‘den trees’ found at planned logging site

Bob Debus says operations at Glenbog state forest on south coast show native forest logging is untenable

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'Serial offender' charges prompt calls to end logging

A "rogue" forestry agency has been hit with dozens of fresh charges over logging operations, prompting renewed calls for an end to the loss-making practice.

AAP

Elon Musk's DOGE Controls Your Public Lands Now

DOGE—the Department of Government Efficiency—controls your public lands now. I wish I was kidding, but on April 17th, supposed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum handed Elon Musk the entirety of America's accumulated public lands. That includes national parks, Bureau of Land Management, and Forestry lands, as well as the…

RideApart

Fury over ‘illegally released’ feral pigs weeks after lynx let loose

Four lynx were abandoned in the area in January

The Independent UK

‘Feral’ pigs ‘illegally’ let loose in the Cairngorms, park authority says

Four lynx were abandoned in the area in January.

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Forestry heads summoned to meeting after trees felled

The upper branch of a state-owned corporation with "a significant history" of unlawful operations has been summoned to a meeting following its latest fine.

AAP

Forestry Corporation fined $360k for cutting down trees

New conditions imposed following the Black Summer bushfires did not stop the felling of 53 trees, with a court accepting a pattern of environmental offending.

AAP

Kerala Agricultural University to launch 20 new courses in 2024-25 academic year

Kerala Agricultural University offers 20 new courses in Agriculture, Engineering, Forestry for 2024-25 academic year. Apply by June 11.

The Hindu

About 700 forestry students begin indefinite stir at Freedom Park

Around 700 students from all the three forestry colleges of the State began an indefinite protest in Freedom Park from Monday seeking that forestry sciences degree should be prescribed as minimum qualification for filling posts of Assistant Conservator of Forests, Range Forest Office, and Assistant Range Forest Officer.

The Hindu

Cool change helps as Karuah blaze brought under control

Small pockets of bushland will burn out over the coming days.

Newcastle Herald

‘Like a tsunami’: the role of forestry waste in New Zealand’s cyclone devastation

The pine industry is expanding, but questions are being raised about the potentially destructive role of ‘slash’, the offcuts it leaves behind

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand to investigate forestry practices, impact

The New Zealand government said on Thursday it would hold a ministerial inquiry into the use of land for forestry due to damage caused during extreme weather events like the cyclone that struck 10 days ago.

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Time for stronger forestry regulations to control pollution

Forestry practices need updating to meet acceptable environmental bottom lines, says Gary Taylor

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkish Authorities Tackle Blazes Fanned by Winds in Southwest

Turkish authorities kept up efforts to contain a wildfire in the southwestern Datca peninsula on Thursday, as strong winds overnight fanned the flames and forced some 2,400 people to evacuate the area. Forestry Minister Vahit Kirisci said preliminary evaluations showed the fire broke out at a transformer in the area…

ABC News

Native logging ban leaves 'bitter taste' in mouth of forestry families, amid timber supply concerns

Forestry families fear "the end is near" for their businesses as WA's native logging ban looms, and they question where Australia's future timber supplies will come from.

Newsroom.co.nz

Carbon farming: The case for and against exotics

Both sides of a forestry debate say the other can’t see the wood for the trees

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Traditional Indigenous burning protecting last-known koalas on NSW far south coast

Decades of Aboriginal activism, community willpower and now, traditional Indigenous fire management, are protecting the last-known koala population on the NSW far south coast.

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