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Eureka Science Prizes 2010
21 August 2010 ABC - Now in its 21st year, the Australian Museum's Eureka Science Prizes have been awarded for 2010. Lynne Malcolm reports.
Labor's climate enemies within
Will Michael O'Connor, powerful forestry division secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, block an effective Australian response to climate change? Sydney Morning Herald PADDY MANNING G-BIZ August 21, 2010 Read More
Timber harvest plan unveiled
THE Victorian Government has approved a plan outlining when and where timber harvesting will occur across Victoria.The Weekly Times 19 August 2010
Federal Election Update
Burning forests for electricity, how the parties compare against our priority conservation policies
Conservation groups today urged Australians to vote for the forests at this election.
"A vote for the forests is a vote for the future of the planet, our children and all the other species that share the world with us," said spokespersons for the groups.
Forests NSW investigated over logging breaches
Forests NSW is being forced to review its logging practices, after the discovery of a spate of new breaches including logging old-growth rainforests and destroying the habitat of threatened native animals. Ben Cubby The Sydney Morning Herald
Review of Brown Mountain Findings
Radio interview on case
Jill Redwood (East Gippsland Environment), Brian Walter (Senior Council), David Pollard (CEO Vicforests)
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2010/08/bth_20100812_1106.mp3
Greens hail win on logging
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are claiming a landmark victory after the Supreme Court upheld a ban on logging of old-growth forest in hotly disputed parts of East Gippsland. By Adam Morton The Age August 12 2010
Timber Politics
Background Briefing on ABC Radio National. 30 May 2010
Bunnings, Greenpeace, Ikea and the US Congress are part of an unlikely coalition pushing for a ban on illegally logged timber. An Australian DNA test may solve the problem of enforcement but the Rudd government is yet to impose a ban it promised three years ago. Reporter, Stephen Crittenden.