Tasmania's timber enterprise commits to being 'a part of the climate solution', as new study highlights carbon emissions
ABCBased in Tasmania's Derwent Valley, Fiona Weaver's adventure tourism business trades on the reputation of Tasmania's pristine wilderness. Key points: A new report finds Tasmania's native forest logging sector is the state's highest emitting industry It says the sector has the same annual emissions as 1.1 million cars The report was compiled by Jennifer Sanger from The Tree Projects in collaboration with the Wilderness Society and Tasmanian Climate Collective Nearby, logging operations knock down forests similar to the ones Ms Weaver's customers have come to experience. Despite that, a new report finds Tasmania's native forest logging sector is the state's highest emitting industry. Dr Sanger's report, in collaboration with The Wilderness Society and the Tasmanian Climate Collective, has found greenhouse gas emissions from native forest logging are equivalent to about 4.65 million tonnes of carbon each year. Dr Sanger said if Tasmania followed Victoria and Western Australia's lead and ended native forest logging, 75 million tonnes of carbon could be absorbed by the state's production forests by 2050.
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Thousands more of Tasmania 'giant' native trees could be spared from logging under policy change
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Hobart protest rally calls for end to native forest logging in Tasmania, as Liberals vow to increase timber harvest
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The Liberals plan to make more Tasmanian native forest available to loggers — but the industry isn't on side
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Old tree trucked through Hobart emblematic of damage to Tasmania's native forests, says Bob Brown Foundation
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Tasmania expands native logging harvest area as other states wind back
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Tasmanian timber industry wants greater access to native forests. Conservationists are resisting that push
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Native logging ban leaves 'bitter taste' in mouth of forestry families, amid timber supply concerns
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Tasmania goes into carbon negative, with researchers saying native forests must be preserved
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Ending native logging in NSW could save millions of dollars a year, study claims
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Tasmania's kelp forests feel the impact of industry of climate change
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Australia urged to suspend logging in wake of devastating fires
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Forestry sector warns sawmills will close if Forestry Tasmania ups prices
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Protected Tasmanian 'peace deal' forests could face logging earlier than expected
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Forestry guidelines should focus on fundamentals not administration, conservationists say
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NSW native forests worth more if left standing: Australia Institute report
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Specialty timber workers want Unesco-approved access to Tasmania's World Heritage wilderness
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Bruny Island logging plans could threaten Tasmanian environment, wildlife tourism operator says
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Forestry Tasmania is under pressure not to clearfell a 60 year-old regrowth coupe in the state's north-west
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Community outcry delays logging in Tasmania
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Native logging end to take decades
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