Media Releases - 14 August 2020 - Forests - Victoria
Response to VicForests abandoning bid for FSC certification
VicForests is blaming its repeated failures to achieve Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certificatio...
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Media Releases - 12 August 2020 - Laws - Australia wide
Poll finds ‘massive gulf’ between community views and government plans for environment protections
Australians recognise that our national government plays a vital role in protecting nationally signi...
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Media Releases - 05 August 2020 - Forests - Victoria
Australian group seeks US and European help to protect forests and wildlife after recent catastrophic wildfires
A leading Australian environment group, the Wilderness Society has appealed to enforcement agencies ...
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Media Releases - 04 August 2020 - Forests - Tasmania
Community Pressure Wins Temporary Reprieve for Styx Forest That Remains on Logging List
An alliance of Tasmania’s environmental groups has welcomed the Tasmanian Government’s reversal of i...
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Media Releases - 28 July 2020 - Campaign - Tasmania
Wilderness Society leads appeal of Lake Malbena decision to Full Court of Tasmania’s Supreme Court
The Wilderness Society Tasmania, the Tasmanian National Parks Association, Richard Webb and Paul Smi...
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Media Releases - 23 July 2020 - Forests - Victoria
Wilderness Society response to log truck presence at Traralgon Bunnings store
“Uncertainty in the Victorian timber industry has been years in the making and arises from bad fores...
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Media Releases - 20 July 2020 - Laws - Australia wide
Independent review calls for ‘fundamental reform of national environmental law’
The Wilderness Society welcomes the release of the ten-year Independent Review of Australia’s enviro...
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Media Releases - 07 July 2020 - Nature - Tasmania
Tasmania’s Supreme Court outcome means Lake Malbena decision back in Sussan Ley’s court
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by Wilderness Society Tasmania and TNPA against the grant...
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Media Releases - 01 July 2020 - Forests - Victoria
Bunnings ditches dodgy timber
The Wilderness Society welcomes advice from Bunnings that is discontinuing sourcing wood supplied by...
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Media Releases - 26 June 2020 - Forests - Tasmania
Tasmania’s Low Net Carbon Emissions Are Because It Logs (A Bit) Less Native Forest
Tasmania’s Liberal State Government trumpets Tasmania’s epically low net carbon emissions, but omits...