Tasmania’s Tahune Forest Reserve. Image Credit: ctudball via Flickr In a major victory for the Australian environmental movement, Tasmanian timber company Gunns Limited announced on Thursday that it will no longer engage in native forest logging. Instead, the company, which is the world’s largest woodchip exporter, will turn to plantation-based products. So why has the timber giant suddenly turned over a new leaf? They’ve been under protest for years now, losing legal battles against environmental activist… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A Blow to Native Forest Logging: Major Australian Company Drops the Practice
