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COP30 talks open with a plea for countries to get along

COP30 talks open with a plea for countries to get along

UN climate negotiations have kicked off on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, with the top official calling on countries to stop bickering.

Time running out for 'irreplaceable' $95b reef

Time running out for 'irreplaceable' $95b reef

Time running out for 'irreplaceable' $95b reef

Time running out for 'irreplaceable' $95b reef

The Great Barrier Reef is an ecological and economic jewel, but a growing body of research shows it will be lost without swift and decisive action.

Massive koala park plan to give logging the chop

Massive koala park plan to give logging the chop

Massive koala park plan to give logging the chop

Massive koala park plan to give logging the chop

A huge proposed national park to protect koalas has been hailed by conservationists, but the logging industry says jobs will be decimated.

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Bulldozers decimating koala habitats, advocates warn

Bulldozers decimating koala habitats, advocates warn

The government must act to protect koala habitats from bulldozers, which will destroy 4000 hectares in 2025 - the worst on record, a green group has warned.

Timber 'tipping point' threatens housing affordability

Timber 'tipping point' threatens housing affordability

Australia faces challenges in maintaining domestic wood supply, according to a new report, making achieving housing targets even harder.

Axe falls on loggers' plan to avoid battle over gliders

Axe falls on loggers' plan to avoid battle over gliders

The High Court permitting individuals and groups to prosecute state loggers is a win in the eyes of advocates but they'd rather it wasn't left to citizens.

Industry shoots down calls to axe native logging

Industry shoots down calls to axe native logging

Native loggers have rejected claims Australia can rid itself of the practice by replacing it with plantations, arguing it would result in irresponsible imports.

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Old-growth trees could be logged under native expansion

Old-growth trees could be logged under native expansion

Old-growth trees could be logged under native expansion

Old-growth trees could be logged under native expansion

A proposed expansion of native forestry could include areas of land home to old-growth trees, endangered animals and Aboriginal heritage.

Fur flies over billion-dollar koala park cost claims

Fur flies over billion-dollar koala park cost claims

Fur flies over billion-dollar koala park cost claims

Fur flies over billion-dollar koala park cost claims

A billion-dollar purported price tag for a new national park has dropped jaws and raised eyebrows as loggers and environmentalists resume hostilities.

Banking on seeds to help save endangered possum

Banking on seeds to help save endangered possum

Banking on seeds to help save endangered possum

Banking on seeds to help save endangered possum

More than 60 years after the rediscovery of a rare possum in Victoria, scientists are looking ahead to save the tiny population that remains in the wild.

Farming fuels NSW land clearing crisis: data

Farming fuels NSW land clearing crisis: data

Farming fuels NSW land clearing crisis: data

Farming fuels NSW land clearing crisis: data

NSW cleared an area more than 160 times the size of Sydney's CBD in a single year, new government figures show.

Nation failing to pull species back from brink: report

Nation failing to pull species back from brink: report

Nation failing to pull species back from brink: report

Nation failing to pull species back from brink: report

A new report card has given Australia an F, for fail, for its efforts to bring the nation's endangered plants and animals back from the brink.

Bob Brown lashes magistrate after $500 protest fine

Bob Brown lashes magistrate after $500 protest fine

Bob Brown lashes magistrate after $500 protest fine

Bob Brown lashes magistrate after $500 protest fine

Former Greens leader Bob Brown has been fined $500 after being found guilty of trespassing during a anti-forestry protest in Tasmania.

Conservationist fears for ancient, namesake frog

Conservationist fears for ancient, namesake frog

Conservationist fears for ancient, namesake frog

Conservationist fears for ancient, namesake frog

Logging continues in a small patch of NSW where a rare frog lives despite the species being listed as endangered under both federal and state laws.

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Loggers more active inside koala park than out: claim

Analysis shows 11 of the 20 active logging operations under way in northern NSW are in areas earmarked for a sprawling koala park, conservation groups say.

MONA queen's forest foray has aura of ambiguity

It's been six months since Kirsha Kaechele held a bizarre congress to get loggers and forest defenders talking. In typical MONA fashion it's been polarising.

Logging changes leave glider in hot water

Rules designed to protect endangered greater gliders have been changed after the Forestry Corporation raised concerns about NSW's wood supplies.

Minister won't step in over alleged logging breaches

NSW parliament has rejected calls to urgently suspend logging over claims the Forestry Corporation is failing to properly look for endangered greater gliders.

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Forestry Corp admissions ward off criminal trial

A public interest advocate is seeking special permission to be heard in court when the NSW government's logging business is sentenced for forest destruction.

NSW could lose hundreds of species, grim report warns

Biodiversity continues to fall across NSW on almost every measure, with damaged and degraded landscapes less able to support life, a new report reveals.

Forestry Corp compliance squad sets sights on protests

Conservation groups have sounded the alarm over a new Forestry Corporation compliance team that will focus heavily on logging protests in NSW.

Victoria cut traditional owner groups from $2b windfall

Historical land use agreements in Victoria were set up to exclude traditional owner groups from their share in billions of dollars in revenue, a minister says.

NSW govt faces fresh assault over native forest logging

The NSW government is under renewed pressure to get out of the business of logging native forests, as politicians, academics and environmentalists join forces.

Parrot 'stuffed' while logging continues: scientist

A leading expert says Australian governments are not doing what's needed to save the swift parrot, amid a new estimate there may be just 500 left.

Researcher warns of killing zones inside new koala park

A sprawling new koala park planned in NSW will lock in logging threats unless all timber harvesting is banned, including in plantations, researchers warn.

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