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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Kangaroo Island

2021-12-20T09:17:15+11:00January 16th, 2020|Latest News, Media Release|

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Kangaroo Island

16 January 2020

The Adelaide Advertiser published a Letter to the Editor from IFA/AFG Member and Managing Director of Kangaroo Island Plantations Keith Lamb. I attended the Kangaroo Island fires in an active response role between 20 December and January 5, and remained on the

MEDIA RELEASE: Grants to support fire impacted farm foresters & small-scale rural investors

2021-12-20T09:27:32+11:00January 15th, 2020|Latest News, Media Release|

Grants to support fire impacted farm foresters & small-scale rural investors

MEDIA RELEASE
15 January 2020

The IFA/AFG issued a media release on Wednesday 15 January, which welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government of support packages of up to $75,000 grants for Primary Producers affected by the bushfire crisis.

“Our members appreciate

MEDIA RELEASE: Evidence does not support ABC conclusion that catchment is at risk

2021-12-20T09:19:59+11:00November 21st, 2019|Latest News, Media Release|

Evidence does not support ABC conclusion that catchment is at risk

MEDIA RELEASE
21 November, 2019

The Institute of Foresters of Australia is frustrated at the national broadcaster, once again, misrepresenting evidence to support dubious claims, this time in its story about water catchments. IFA President Bob Gordon has said

MEDIA RELEASE: Andrews Government must reverse its forestry ban

2021-12-08T14:53:25+11:00November 8th, 2019|Latest News, Media Release|

Andrews Government must reverse its forestry ban

MEDIA RELEASE
8 November, 2019

Australia’s premier professional body for forest scientists, forest managers and forest growers, the Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers has condemned the Andrews Government decision to end natural forestry in Victoria as ‘short-sighted.’

Bob Gordon,

Four Corners – Extinction Nation Correspondence

2021-12-20T09:58:30+11:00August 1st, 2019|Latest News|

Four Corners – Extinction Nation Correspondence

1 August 2019

In response to the Four Corners ‘Extinction Nation’ episode that aired on 24 June 2019, the IFA has issued a letter of complaint to the ABC expressing concerns over the bias and lack of balance. We believe that the Extinction Nation episode

MEDIA RELEASE: Central West communities snubbed by Victorian Government

2021-12-08T09:07:28+11:00July 11th, 2019|Latest News, Media Release|

Central West communities snubbed by Victorian Government

MEDIA RELEASE
11 July, 2019

The Victorian Government has ignored the concerns of rural communities in its rush to create more national parks.

The Institute of Foresters of Australia calls on Minister d’Ambrosio to direct the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) to follow its legislated charter which

POSITION PAPER: Firefighting at Night

2023-12-04T07:04:19+11:00July 1st, 2019|Latest News|

Firefighting At Night

POSITION PAPER
1 July 2019

The IFA recently released its position paper on firefighting at night. The applicability of firefighting at night has been challenged in many inquiries over the past few decades as greater attention to workplace safety standards have been applied. Clearly, firefighting is not an operation

MEDIA RELEASE: Multiple-use forests of more benefit than a new national park say forest scientists

2021-12-08T09:05:47+11:00January 1st, 2019|Latest News, Media Release|

Multiple-use forests of more benefit than a new national park say forest scientists

MEDIA RELEASE
1 January, 2019

Euan Ferguson, Victorian Chair of the Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA), says there is no benefit in creating a ‘Great Forest National Park’ in Victoria’s Central Highlands forests.

Mr Ferguson, said:

MEDIA RELEASE: Fire, Fire, Fire

2021-12-08T09:08:14+11:00January 1st, 2019|Latest News, Media Release|

Fire, Fire, Fire

MEDIA RELEASE
1 January, 2019

Please find link to a media release from the Institute of Foresters of Australia calling on the Federal and State Governments to fund further scientific research into the important and complex role that fire plays in the evolution and maintenance of Australian ecosystems. The Climate Council reports

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