Publications
Why Burning Trees To Make Electricity May Not Be A Good Choice For The Environment
This article outlines the NSW industry proposal to harvest native forest ‘residues’ for use in wood-fired power plants in northern NSW.
“While the Federal Government is under pressure to reduce carbon emissions to tackle climate change, NSW industry groups have been invited to further consider burning forest timber for electricity, also known as biomass.
Biomass has …
Boral Diesel Powered By Native Forest Destruction
Boral Diesel Bitumen Plant Dependent On Ongoing Native Forest Destruction
31 August 2018 – AFCA MEDIA RELEASE BORAL DIESEL POWERED BY NATIVE FOREST DESTRUCTION
The Australian Forests and Climate Alliance (AFCA) condemns taxpayer funds being handed to BORAL by outgoing energy Minister Josh Frydenberg for a feasibility study into a diesel/ bitumen plant based on native forest biomass ‘residue’.
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A Burning Issue – Forest Fires Make More Fires
A Burning Issue – Forest Fires Make More Fires
7 August 2018 – Ecological Society of Australia
The most comprehensive analysis ever performed of fires in the Australian Alps has revealed that fire has made the forests more likely to burn. Frequent fire increases the risk of fire and of ecosystem collapse in mountain forests, which are highly vulnerable …
Australia’s Review of Climate Change Policy
It is critical that the logging industry does not get into further logging and clearing of native forest ecosystems under the guise of the need to thin them as a bushfire mitigation strategy. The science has clearly established that logged forests burn hotter, more frequently and more catastrophically than unlogged forests and the development of any policy in relation to …
Review of Draft Australian FSC Standard
AFCA and its members believe that due to decades of over logging and climate change it is now no longer possible to achieve sustainable industrial native forest logging in Australia nor in Primary forests around the world. AFCA believe that if the concerns we raise in this submission are met and the risk assessment process is followed correctly then the …
Inquiry into climate change and biodiversity
It is critical that the logging industry does not get into further logging and clearing of native forest ecosystems under the guise of the need to thin them as a bushfire mitigation strategy. The science has clearly established that logged forests burn hotter, more frequently and more catastrophically than unlogged forests and the development of any policy in relation to …