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We may be making Australia’s fire problem worse – not better

We may be making Australia’s fire problem worse – not better

Research shows that logging, thinning and prescribed burning can increase forest flammability, challenging long-held assumptions about bushfire risk...

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Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Logging and thinning are putting Alpine Ash forests at risk

Australia’s Alpine Ash forests are endangered and highly vulnerable to fire. Logging, thinning and burning are increasing that risk – not reducing...

15.04.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Robodebt for the environment? AI will not fix Australia’s broken environmental laws

12.04.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Are soil carbon schemes really working?

New research suggests rainfall and climate variability may play a larger role in soil carbon increases than land management, raising questions about...

15.03.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Large-scale forest thinning has limited benefits but major financial and ecological costs

Mechanical thinning is increasingly promoted as a fire control solution. But new research finds its effectiveness is mixed and the ecological, climate...

01.03.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

John Mitchell, David Lindenmayer and Bruce Chapman: Keeping the farm in the family can come at a high cost

As Australia’s farming population ages, poorly planned succession can destroy wealth, fracture families and leave no one better off. The average age...

15.02.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Why ‘salvage logging’ undermines a promise to end native forest logging

01.02.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Best of 2025 - A smart productivity play: Stop subsidising loss-making native forest logging

07.01.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Australia has new laws to protect nature. Do they signal an end to native forest logging?

What do Australia’s new nature laws mean for native forests? The reforms closed a loophole that stopped legal scrutiny of logging. But we need the...

08.12.2025 10

The Conversation

David Lindenmayer

The Great National Koala Park is not a firebomb. It’s the opposite.

Logged forests are much more prone to bushfires. This park is actually lowering the risk of a blaze.

24.11.2025 10

WA Today

David Lindenmayer

The Great National Koala Park is not a firebomb. It’s the opposite.

Logged forests are much more prone to bushfires. This park is actually lowering the risk of a blaze.

24.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Lindenmayer

The Great National Koala Park is not a firebomb. It’s the opposite.

Logged forests are much more prone to bushfires. This park is actually lowering the risk of a blaze.

24.11.2025 10

The Age

David Lindenmayer

The Great National Koala Park is not a firebomb. It’s the opposite.

Logged forests are much more prone to bushfires. This park is actually lowering the risk of a blaze.

24.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Lindenmayer

David Lindenmayer, Bruce Chapman and John Mitchell: A rare win-win for climate, farming and biodiversity – if policymakers act

23.11.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Focusing on the EPBC but dropping the ball on protection

06.11.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

A smart productivity play: Stop subsidising loss-making native forest logging

17.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Cutting through the spin – Ten logging 'myths' in the new ABARES report

25.08.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Burning wood for power Is a dangerous step backward

13.08.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

New research shows native forest logging industry going up in smoke

17.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer

Decades of searching and a chance discovery: why finding Leadbeater’s possum in NSW is such big news

For decades, researchers have sought proof this critically endangered possum existed in New South Wales. Now it’s arrived by sheer chance

02.06.2025 10

The Conversation

David Lindenmayer

Active Management – Rethinking our approach to forest stewardship

23.03.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

David Lindenmayer