Peak land management professionals issue support for bushfire recovery harvesting

MEDIA RELEASE
1 May 2020

The peak organisation for forest land managers and scientists, the Institute of Foresters Australia and Australian Forest Growers (IFA/AFG) has reaffirmed its support of bushfire recovery harvesting subject to strict controls.

Earlier this year, the Institute of Foresters Australia released a position …

Bushfire Royal Commission: More lives at risk without prevention

MEDIA RELEASE
28 April 2020

Australia should urgently accept that bushfire prevention rather than suppression is the only way to avoid the widescale loss of lives, property and biodiversity experienced last summer according to the Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers (IFA/AFG).

The peak organisation …

Prescribed burning saves lives, property and biodiversity

MEDIA RELEASE
22 April 2020

Bushfire review: Prevention is better than cure

MEDIA RELEASE
21 April 2020

IFA/AFG fells myths on native forest harvesting

MEDIA RELEASE
8 April 2020

Victorian RFA extension welcome but more needs to be done

MEDIA RELEASE
2 April 2020

Act now, before it’s too late: Bushfire Royal Commission Terms of Reference

MEDIA RELEASE
21 February 2020

Bushfire recovery harvesting appropriate subject to strict controls

MEDIA RELEASE
31 January 2020

Key principles to understanding prescribed burning

MEDIA RELEASE
16 January, 2020

Peak body for forest managers and growers releases key principles to understanding prescribed burning as a land management tool for bushfire mitigation (also known as hazard reduction burning, control burning and fuel reduction, amongst other names)

With the devastating bushfires continuing, the peak …