In March 2018 FPC, the WA logging agency moved to increase logging of jarrh, marri and karri forest by up to 50% even as black cockatoos relying on these trees were classified as ‘endangered’. The state government is not upholding commitments to protect high conservation value forests which it promised to protect in the lead up to the 2017 election. The industry is looking for a market for low grade logs and plans a facility that might see the threatened species habitat logged for wood chips, firewood and charcoal and possibly burning native forest wood for energy.
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