AS of January 1, Gippsland’s hardwood industry is now largely gone, with harvesting of timber from native forests on Crown land no longer permitted. Gippsland’s native forest is part of the vast ...

THE state government’s regulation of timber harvesting, which has led to the impending closure of Gippsland’s native forest industry in January, directly contradicts the joint national-state approach ...

Francis E Putz was funded to write this report by the US Agency for International Development and the US Forest Service International Program. Claudia Romero received funding from the United States ...