Victoria's native forests in crisis
An extinction crisis and a jobs crisis looms for Victoria's native forests as the state government tries to continue with business as usual.Victoria’s native forests are facing a crisis like never before. With species critically endangered and on the brink of extinction, and a logging industry staring down major closures. As the state-owned logging company Vic Forests is unable to keep up the supply of native timber to the Heyfield mill.But how did it get to this point?Twenty years ago, State and Federal governments created the Regional Forest Agreements, or RFAs. To give, what they said was…
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