Pro-forestry enthusiasts seize on error in study to falsely claim logging doesn’t raise bushfire risk

Politicians and industry use error to dismiss research showing logging can make the state's forests more flammable

Pro-forestry politicians and industry groups have seized upon the retraction of a scientific paper on logging in Tasmania to claim there's no evidence industry practices raise the risk of dangerous fires.

The study, published in May in the journal Fire, claimed logging had made forests in Tasmania more flammable, but was withdrawn last week at the request of its authors after a major error was discovered.