WA bans commercial forest logging

Western Australia has joined Victoria in banning commercial logging of native forests from next year. The WA Forestry Minister Jackie Jarvis says timber will only be removed from the state’s native forests in the future to maintain forest health and for approved mine site operations.

Australia lacks the capacity to train people in the skills the nation desperately needs to reduce emissions, according to government agency Jobs and Skills Australia. 

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland have all experienced their hottest Septembers on record, with unseasonably high temperatures set to continue into October. The Copernicus Climate Change Service expects 2023 to be the hottest year humanity has experienced.

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WA bans commercial logging
Western Australia has joined Victoria in banning commercial logging of native forests from next year. The WA Forestry Minister Jackie Jarvis says timber will only be removed from the state’s native forests in the future to maintain forest health and for approved mine site operations.

Nation’s skills not match-fit for net zero, government agency warns
Australia lacks the capacity to train people in the skills the nation desperately needs to reduce emissions, according to government agency Jobs and Skills Australia. They are calling for apprenticeship training targets, better use of international students, women and Indigenous Australians in the clean energy sector, and for STEM subjects to be further encouraged in high schools.

Will 2023 be the hottest year ever recorded?
Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland have all experienced their hottest Septembers on record, with unseasonably high temperatures set to continue into October. The Copernicus Climate Change Service expects 2023 to be the hottest year humanity has experienced.

Bird researchers worry about the fate of Australia’s swift parrot
Conservationists are losing hope for Australia’s swift parrot if logging of its forest breeding habitat continues. Experts predict there will be fewer than 100 individuals of the species by 2031 as the rate of decline in population grows faster.

New research ties glaciers to volcanic activity
A new study has found that glaciers can offer clues about what's happening to a volcano below. This could help improve the monitoring of volcanoes that might erupt in the future.

Over a hundred dolphins found dead in the Amazon
More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid a historic drought and record-high water temperatures.