#VicForests

The Federal Court has handed down a scathing ruling in Leadbeater's Possum vs #VicForests today, saying VicForests has shirked responsibility for surveying forests and uses a flawed habitat mapping system,
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Well, today the decision by The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to not give certification to VicForests became publicly available. As usual, VicForests is spinning like crazy. Reading this (from their
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VicForests (VF): Are you a local, not-for-profit group in regional Victoria?Kinglake Friends of the Forest (KFF): YES!VF: Would you like a grant for up to $2000?KFF: HELL YEAH! VF: Well
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We had a deep dive into VicForests' annual reports. And came up dirty. This is what we found out. VicForests is less of a business, more of a job creation
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BREAKING: logging in Toolangi stopped today for the 4th week running. Read the thread to find out why the community is defending this forest from VicForests logging operations Firstly, Victoria
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This is the Franklin Dam of forest legal judgments. It has laid bare the staggering unsustainability of industrial native #forest #logging & catastrophic failures of govts in stopping their own
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Well. This intrepid possum went down to Officeworks, and found this. Reflex Ultra White copier paper. Yeah, big deal. But have a look at the logo. FSC Mix. Yeah, another
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The Tree Geebung. What is it? Does it matter? Is this one of those intermittently amusing threads? All shall be revealed.Photo: Daniel White A Tree Geebung is one of about
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Hey gang! In June, our beast fiends at VicForests tweeted this out.'Facts matter'. Yes, they do. In July, when Bunnings announced it would no longer stock timber supplied by VicForests
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Just in case anyone thought koalas were only threatened in NSW, here is a reminder of what the Victorian Labor government is doing to koala habitat this very week.This is
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WTF?As any cool cat on the interweb knows, this stands for:Why The Fire? (go with me here)A thread addressing the topic of - WTF? Photo: Rubicon Forest Protection Group The
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