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As Australia's giant trees succumb to fire or drought, we're racing to preserve their vital genetic data
Recent Tasmanian bushfires have burned traditionally cooler, wetter parts of Tasmania, where rare species such as pencil pines and King Billy Pines grow. Conserving old growth forests and their ...
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Documents reveal plans to make 39,000 hectares of native Tasmanian forest available for logging
"Sustainable Timber Tasmania draft sustainable yield ... of land were chosen with a focus on "regenerating forests as opposed to old growth", prioritising areas with existing roads, maximising ...
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Slopes near Ben Lomond, Mt Arthur slated for logging in Tasmanian government 9,000ha forestry push, claim green groups
Right to information documents have revealed that parcels of native forest that could soon be available for logging in Tasmania contain vast swathes of "old growth" forest and threatened species.
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Burning Question: How to Save an Old-Growth Forest in Tahoe
On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Giant ponderosa pines — some of the last remaining ...