Illegal Logging
Typhoon survivors plunder food as they await aid
HUNGRY survivors of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines have raided shops and warehouses after aid deliveries were delayed.
Scientists discover new monkey species in Congo
Only the second new monkey species discovered in 28 years.
Westpac backs logging project
Rory Callinan WESTPAC has been revealed as the guarantor of a controversial new project to log thousands of acres of pristine rainforest in the Solomon Islands, despite saying it is winding back financial support...
Meet cash deadline or the drillers move in
Melissa Fyfe Luis Garcia was close to tears. For three days, he had guided eight international journalists through a tract of Amazon so thick with wildlife that experts are yet to fully catalogue its riches.
Telltale diaries put Collins on the spot
Ben Cubby An investigation has shown that paper from illegal logging in a tiger sanctuary in Indonesia is showing up in products around the world, including in the pages of Australia's biggest maker of diaries.
Government backs down on banning illegally logged timber
Tom Arup THE federal Forestry Minister, Tony Burke, has approved changes to an election promise to ban imports of illegally logged timber to instead ''promote the trade'' of legal timber.
Forests NSW investigated over logging breaches
Ben Cubby Forests NSW is being forced to review its logging practices, after the discovery of a spate of new breaches including logging old-growth rainforests and destroying the habitat of threatened native...
