MEDIA RELEASE
28 May 2021
The peak organisation for forest scientists and land managers, the Institute of Foresters Australia and Australian Forest Growers (IFA/AFG) supports clarification of the Federal Court decision finding VicForests had not followed what appear to be conflicting …
MEDIA RELEASE
15 May 2020
The IFA / AFG welcome the release of the Northern forestry and forest products industry situation analysis by the Co-operative Research Centre of Northern Australia (CRCNA).
The situation analysis identifies several of the emerging and potential …
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 …
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 …
MEDIA RELEASE
22 April 2020
A new research paper arguing prescribed burning can save lives, property and biodiversity has been strongly welcomed by the Institute of Foresters Australia and Australian Forest Growers (IFA/AFG).
Morgan et al.’s Prescribed burning in south-eastern Australia – history and future directions concludes that: …
MEDIA RELEASE
21 April 2020
The peak organisation representing over 1,000 professional and scientific forest land managers have stressed the need to prioritise broadscale fire preparedness in place of fire suppression as they put forward their submission to the Independent Review into South Australia’s 2019/20 …
MEDIA RELEASE
8 April 2020
The peak organisation representing some 1,000 professional and scientific forest land managers and growers have released a position paper outlining the raft of socio-economic and environmental values active native forest management provides to Australia.
Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian …
MEDIA RELEASE
2 April 2020
The peak organisation representing professional foresters, scientists, land managers and commercial tree-growers in Australia, the Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA – incorporating Australian Forest Growers) has given muted approval to the decision by the Australian and …
MEDIA RELEASE
21 February 2020
The Institute of Foresters Australia and Australian Forest Growers has welcomed the Terms of Reference of the Royal Commission into Bushfires as signed off on by the Governor-General today but says action must be taken …
Following on from the devastating 2019/2020 bushfire season, the IFA/AFG have provided a few considerations to assist agroforesters and small private growers to navigate their post fire recovery
Communication is key … as in marketing all timber from small blocks you need to be in …