June
Why we should embrace tall-tree tourism
Only 34 per cent of the world’s surviving forests are old-growth ones, and many are under threat. If California’s Redwood National Park is anything to go by, there is hope, however.
- Ute Junker
April
Why Mike Cannon-Brookes invested in this mushroom
A tree-planting boom is required to get the world to net-zero, and the billionaire is betting mushrooms and fungi will be a crucial enabler
- Peter Ker and Lap Phan
January
Timber workers remain in the dark on first day of WA forestry ban
The West Australian native forestry industry is bracing for more job losses as a historic decision by the state to ban commercial logging takes hold.
- Tom Rabe
December 2023
WA’s historic timber towns brace to be dead wood
Family-owned sawmills in Western Australia’s south-west were promised a future ahead of a state ban on native forestry, but say the transition has been bungled.
- Tom Rabe
- Exclusive
- Rural property
Green Bank, global investors pile into $450m forestry and ag raising
The CEFC has put $75m into a new forestry and landscape fund that intends to generate a chunk of its return from carbon and renewable energy.
- Larry Schlesinger
October 2023
UniSuper buys former Gunns timber plantation in Tasmania
The superannuation giant, along with two European pension funds, will consider building wind farms after buying the biggest freehold land asset in the state.
- Jenny Wiggins
September 2023
Meet the Aussies aiming to turn forests into a magic money tree
Forestry is a $156 billion asset class, and net-zero is turning it into a growth story. But the industry fears it will miss out unless it helps write the climate rule book.
- Hans van Leeuwen
August 2023
Labor’s green lobby demands Productivity Commission forestry review
Concerns about declining plantations, species extinctions and a need to sequester carbon have rendered a multi-decade forest system outdated, says Labor’s green lobby.
- Jacob Greber
- Opinion
- Opinion
Careful harvest of native forests is key to carbon capture
There is no rational reason to shut down native forestry – and a big bonus in carbon sequestration.
- Joel Fitzgibbon
February 2023
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Decarbonisation lures investors to sustainable forestry
The long-term investment fundamentals of forestry should ensure the asset class continues to shine in 2023, despite economic headwinds.
- Dave Gardner
October 2022
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Forests turn a new leaf to emerge as a growth asset
Institutional investors are increasingly tipping money into timberland assets, either through pine plantations or environmental planting.
- Tony Boyd
September 2022
$8.7b forestry manager turns to agriculture
Agriculture provides greater scope for growth than forestry, says New Forest Australia and New Zealand managing director Mark Rogers.
- Larry Schlesinger
May 2022
Timberrrrrrrrrrr! Global Forests ready to unload NSW assets, Resolute hired
The forestry investment giant appears poised to harvest another big Australian asset, this time calling in advisers to sell some of its holdings in New South Wales.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
April 2022
Union says Morrison’s forestry plan won’t cut it on jobs
The forestry workers’ union has slammed the Prime Minister’s plan for the sector as “doing nothing” to address its biggest challenges.
- David Marin-Guzman, Michael Read and Tom McIlroy
February 2022
Coalition’s $678m outback road plan links Perth to Townsville
It will seal vast stretches of remote dirt roads to create a 2730km link between the east and west coasts for tourism, cattle, gold and rare earths.
- Jacob Greber
October 2021
Forestry plantations near Melbourne tipped to sell for more than $20m
The Wandong Plantations about 50 kilometres north of Melbourne could yield about 37 rural residential lots in about 10 years time.
- Larry Schlesinger
July 2021
AXA IM logs into biggest forestry deal in more than a decade
The $775 million acquisition is the first investment into Australian timber for the company, which manages plantations across France, Ireland and Finland.
- Nick Lenaghan