Archive for July, 2010
VicForests denies illegal logging claims
Posted July 1, 2010, 20:00:00 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/01/2942598.htm?site=melbourne§ion=news Victorian timber arm VicForests has denied it is illegally cutting down old trees and threatening endangered species in logging operations north-east of Melbourne. The environmental body Flora and Fauna Research Collective has today launched court action against VicForests. It is accusing the state-owned timber entity of breaching the Sustainable [...]
July 7, 2010
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Tags: Endangered Species, Illegal Logging, Leadbeater's Possum, Unsuitable Timber Harvesting, Victorian Forests · Posted in: Media 2010
VicForest charge
By Kath Gannaway – 6th July 2010 02:00:32 AM http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/91185 MyEnvironment member Adam Menary says current forestry  A PRELIMINARY hearing into claims VicForests has illegally logged Leadbeater’s possum habitat in Toolangi will be heard at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court in August. Research group The Fauna and Flora Research Collective has brought criminal charges against the [...]
July 7, 2010
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Tags: Endangered Species, Habitat Protection, Illegal Logging, Leadbeater's Possum, Old Growth Logging, Unsuitable Timber Harvesting, Victorian Forests · Posted in: Media 2010
