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Fire in black sheoak forest of East Gippsland would destroy the birds’ food supply, conservationist says Glossy black cockatoos could be pushed towards extinction in Victoria if planned burns of 13,000 hectares of forest go ahead, ecologists and conser…
Former independent MP accuses division of throwing ‘good money after bad only to see our native wildlife suffer’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe native forest logging division of the New South Wales government’s forestry a…
Forestry Corporation says suggestion that it can be compared to a criminal bikie gang is ‘ridiculous’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former magistrate and one of Australia’s most experienced scientists have launched an extr…
Between 10 and 20 protesters are forcibly removed after challenging the board about use of woody biomassThe owner of the Drax power station has abandoned its annual shareholder meeting after a confrontation with activists who staged a protest against b…
Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for plantingThe government is failing to support the natural regeneration of trees in England owing to an overwhelming focus on planting, campaigners have sa…
Minister says incident ‘opened up a nerve in the country’ as it emerges the 500-year-old tree may have stood on land not leased by the companyThe Forestry Commission has started an investigation into the controversial felling of an ancient oak near a T…
‘Chemical fingerprint’ shows 46% of wood samples certified as sustainable did not come from labelled country of originNearly half of birch wood certified by leading sustainability schemes is misidentified and does not come from the labelled country of …
The tree, believed to be city’s oldest, had already been damaged by the region’s increasingly arid climateAn ancient English oak believed to be Berlin’s oldest tree is suffering the effects of a prolonged dry spell in the German capital, local authorit…
Toby Carvery owner apologises over tree’s felling as football club faces questions about whether it knew of decisionAn ancient London oak controversially felled earlier this month was assessed to be a “fine specimen” last year by tree experts working f…
As the first climate summit in the Amazon approaches, a gulf is opening between what the area’s farming lobby wants, and what the world needsRevealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges againThe life and death of a ‘lau…