Wombat State Forest near Daylesford has sparked a new chapter in Victoria’s forest wars, pitting Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation against a renowned ecology professor and his publisher.
– had sought to develop partnerships with First Nations organisations to “continue industrial native forest logging” after Victoria ended commercial native logging in January.
“I think it’s offensive to be told that the cultural application of land management, described as forest gardening, is a flawed argument, as if it were merely an idea to be discredited and not a deeply significant cultural understanding,” she said. In a statement, Lindenmayer’s publisher said: “Allen & Unwin can confirm DJAARA have contacted us regardingLindenmayer, who in 2017on the impacts of salvage logging on biodiversity, said: “So-called storm recovery never recovers anything – it degrades the forest.”
“One of the really crucial things about this is, it wasn’t just a green light to VicForests to go ahead and take out valuable timber … we actually had an agreement with VicForests about what timber would be taken, and it was timber that presented a risk.”forestry consultant Damien O’Reilly Brooks said the comprehensive multi-generational forest gardening strategy – which entails rejuvenation, regeneration and restoring Country – had barely had a chance to begin.Almost exactly a year ago, the then-Andrews government announced it would end native forest logging in Victoria by January 1 this year.
A Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action spokesman said the agency was conducting works “to remove storm debris in the Wombat Forest to mitigate bushfire risk”, and was ensuring “all operations comply with relevant legislation”.
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