False Bushfire Prevention

Wood Products Trade Between China and Australia 2017

China imported mainly woodchips and logs from Australia. In the first half of 2017 China’s woodchips and log imports from Australia were 1.93 million tonnes and 2.25 million cubic metres respectively.

Chip imports grew 4% year on year and log imports were up 28% year on year in the first half of 2017.

Mechanical Fuel Load Reduction – a means of accessing more forests for logging

The Australian National Party lobbies relentlessly to increase access to native forests for logging.  It’s not surprising they champion, via their principal lobby group, The Forest Industry Advisory Council, a U.S/Canadian import called Mechanical Fuel Load Reduction (MFLR). Under the guise of mitigating bushfire risk MFLR is posited as the solution to prescribed burning.  But the circumstances whereby MFLR is …