Series of before and after images spark renewed calls for Victoria to urgently phase out native timber logging'The forest is now terribly silent': land set aside for threatened species entirely burnt outFacebook Twitter Pinterest Before: campaigner Ed Hill in Kuark forest, east Gippsland, that was earmarked for logging before being protected in November. All shots were taken within a 48,500-hectare area that the premier, Daniel Andrews, announced in November would be immediately exempt from logging to protect the greater glider and other threatened species. All native forest logging would end by 2030, when there was expected to be an extra 50,000 hectares of plantation timber. Andrews said the native timber supply had already reduced significantly, down about 50% in a decade, and that a large bushfire might hasten the industry’s end. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A greater glider.

Source: The Guardian March 21, 2020 19:00 UTC