From an episode of Uncommon SensePresented by Amy Mullins

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Uncommon Sense: Is the New Logging Announcement Enough to Rescue Our Native Forests?

Last week, the Victorian Government announced that they will begin transitioning away from logging native forests over the next ten years and stop logging old growth forests immediately. But will these changes be enough to halt and reverse the devastating damage that has been done to our native forests’ biodiversity over many decades? Professor David Lindenmayer, a leading ecologist and conservationist at the ANU’s Fenner School of Environment and Society, joins host Amy Mullins to discuss the significance of these changes in the context of Victoria’s Central Highlands Mountain Ash Forests. 

Professor David Lindenmayer AO
Listen to Uncommon Sense: Is the New Logging Announcement Enough to Rescue Our Native Forests?37:5212 November 2019