A third anti-logging protester has been arrested in a Western Australian forest in less than a month. Logging preparations in part of Helms Forest near Nannup in the South West were stopped when Claire Anderson, 23, sat on a treetop platform that was tied to machinery. Source: ABC New

It is perhaps the world’s most famous environmental parable. A settler on Easter Island stood beside the island’s last tree. He or she looked around the treeless horizon, every one of those trees removed by man, and chopped it down anyway. Sources: The Australian, The Times Afterwards

New Zealand export log prices have advanced for a fifth month as a decline in shipping costs bolstered local returns and offset weak prices from China, the country’s largest market. Source: AAP The average wharf gate price for New Zealand A-grade logs rose to $NZ101 ($A94) a ton

New Zealand’s Labour Party has alleged that over 500,000 hectares of New Zealand forests have been sold to overseas interests, in the last three years. Source: International Business Times Labour Party’s Forestry spokesperson Stuart Nash told media that despite approval by

Canterbury, New Zealand is on the verge of drought with the southern region the driest it has been in a decade, forcing farmers to sell surplus stock and leading to restrictions on irrigation as the area waits for rain. Source: Scoop Soil moisture in eastern and southern Canterbury is

Geoff and Gill Brann had no experience in forestry before they bought their property at Roydon Downs in 1963 but today they are being honoured for their work in the industry. Source: Bay of Plenty Times The couple has received the Queen’s Service Medal for their contribution to

The President of the Foresters Institute of Australia said that he feels for southern Riverina communities battling to survive in the wake of red gum forests being locked up as national parks. Source: ABC News Rob de Fegely is co-chair of the Prime Minister’s new Federal Forestr

Tasmania could become the first state in Australia to allow companies to sue for defamation with new State Government laws planned to protect business from “misleading and dishonest campaigns”. Source: Herald Sun But lawyers warn the proposed laws will stifle free speech, have ramific