Forestry

VicForests says the risk of more court proceedings is the main reason for bringing forward the end to community forestry in Victoria's west. 

Traditional fire management strategies such as hazard reduction burns, logging, and the thinning of undergrowth have increased the flammability of forests, new research has found.

The collapse of the forestry investment scheme has left landowners owed millions, as an expert questions why Quintis did not pulp its own stock to reduce oversupply.

From detecting smoke rising from timber plantations to scanning bushwalkers' photos to assess fuel loads, artificial intelligence is becoming an essential part of protecting the nation's forests.

The state government has banned native logging. Here's what that means if you're building a home, stoking your home fire, or doing up your garden.

After decades of campaigning, environmental groups are celebrating the end of native timber logging in Victoria. But timber workers like Warren Fenner are grieving the end of an era, and are facing an uncertain future.

How has fire management changed since that fateful summer four years ago, when bushfires wiped out a third of the softwood forestry plantation in the Snowy Mountains?

Four trees thought to be more than 150 years old were found felled in an area of NSW that had been largely burnt by bushfires just months before.

A scientist has argued the federal government needs to add another zero to its $70 million package to accelerate the timber industry’s transition to more sustainable practices.

An AI-based analysis of 20 years of logging by VicForests, shared exclusively with the ABC, shows for the first time the potential scale of failed regeneration in Victoria's state forests.

Nestled in a rainforest timber plantation is a unique tea producer. Queensland father and son Brendon and Darryl Collins are creating a unique legacy as they move away from timber farming.

The latest photo of a large tree on the back of a Victorian truck driven through the centre of Hobart dismays opponents to Tasmania's native forest logging practices, who describe it as "outrageous" — but it's completely legal.

Third-generation sawmiller Ian Bradshaw considers himself the custodian of Tasmania's rarest native timber — a job he takes very seriously.

More than 100 pro-logging protesters rally outside a north coast council meeting.

VicForests is facing another court proceeding, this time issued by community group Wombat Forestcare, which is concerned salvage logging operations are proceeding without proper surveys for threatened species. 

Environmentalists say Tasmania's tall trees could become a major tourism drawcard like California's redwoods, but pot-holed winding roads and rough tracks make them hard to access.

The EPA has issued a stop-work order for timber harvesting in Tallaganda State Forest following the discovery of a deceased endangered glider.

Sawmillers in WA say the state government is breaking its promise to support timber and logging communities ahead of the ban on native logging.

There's concern the end of native timber logging in Victoria will leave communities like Corryong more vulnerable to future bushfires, even though authorities say forest contractors will continue to be involved in land and fire management.

World Wildlife Fund Australia is urging environmental reforms in NSW after the state ranked last in its efforts to fight deforestation.

In an Australian first, artificial intelligence will be used in South Australia's Green Triangle forestry region to monitor for bushfires and improve emergency response times.

Funding is drying up for the East Gippsland Timber Milling project, with more than 180 property owners still hoping to tap in and salvage their old timber before it deteriorates. 

Timber milling is an intergenerational lifeline in Corryong. Many residents will be impacted by the state government's recent acceleration of the end of native timber harvesting, tipped for the end of the year. 

For the first time in over 10 years an environmental activist is jailed in Tasmania, with the protester telling supporters outside court "if that makes me a dangerous criminal … we are going to need bigger prisons".

As other states move away from native forest logging, Tasmania's public forestry company adds another 1,000 hectares including in the Tarkine region which conservationists say should be given national park status.