Native forest logging must end in order to reach Labor’s emissions reduction target, expert says
by Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent from on (#70B1S)
Murray Watt says it's not the government's intention to stop old growth logging' as Greens and academics press for total halt
The Albanese government is being urged to end old growth logging at a minimum" in order to meet a 2035 emissions reduction target recommended by the Climate Change Authority.
One of Australia's most respected forest scientists, Prof David Lindenmayer, of the Australian National University, has also written to the authority questioning why it did not go further in its advice and recommend an end to all native forest logging.
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