THE ‘precautionary principle’ is not included in the Tasmanian Forest Practices Code, where a more pragmatic approach manages any threatened species, according to a senior Tasmanian forestry expert.

Amid campaigning by environmentalists, Sustainable Timber Tasmania has tweaked the way it classifies giant trees. What the policy change means >> STT will now consider trees of 4 metres in diameter to ...

A Tasmanian sawmill is able to produce more timber after installing a new 3D laser cutter. Branxholm Sawmills, owned by CMTP, began installing a new 3D laser cutter, called an optimiser and control ...

A mother's opposition to her children being brought up in a pub has led to a third-generation sawmill operation working with some of Tasmania's finest timbers. One of those children, 82-year old ...

We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s fortnightly Cropped email ...