Rainforest project to create new generation of ‘super trees’ on rural property near Lismore
In short: The Science Saving Rainforests project has acquired land in northern NSW for its living seed bank.The plantation will feature stands of 60 types…
In short: The Science Saving Rainforests project has acquired land in northern NSW for its living seed bank.The plantation will feature stands of 60 types…
Four years ago the hills of pine plantations in the Snowy Mountains outside Tumut were black after the most severe fire season ever recorded in…
Andy Bennett has called Goongerah home for nearly 40 years.It is a small settlement of just 31 people in Gippsland, 440 kilometres east of Melbourne, and it is prone…
Penny Roberts lives in a bushfire-prone area of Victoria, but she doesn't fear a blaze will destroy her home. That's because her house, nestled into the side of a…
Environmental groups are calling for an immediate halt to logging in Tallaganda State Forest, southern New South Wales, after discovering a "crucial" habitat for the…
Cathy and John Fawbert look out across their property in Yowrie near the south-east NSW town of Cobargo with despair, as they face a fourth winter living…
A "dangerous" back-burn carried out on the eve of a catastrophic fire day was unlikely to protect coastal communities from an out-of-control bushfire, an inquest has heard.Key points:Independent…
The NSW auditor-general has warned the Rural Fire Service (RFS) is not gathering the necessary data to improve its response to bushfires and it lacks…