I would try for much improved management of logging in native forests and winding down subsidising it over outright bans. The culture wars potential of policies of total cessation of native forest logging alone is large; I suspect even cessation of coal and gas mining is an easier sell in rural Australia.
As committed as I am to doing better on environment and climate I am not convinced this is the way forward. Like with clean energy I'm inclined to want the alternatives to be in place - a sufficiency of plantation forests - before demanding logging in native forests stop.
We are still left with a need for managing those areas in ever more difficult conditions, ie global warming.
I would try for much improved management of logging in native forests and winding down subsidising it over outright bans. The culture wars potential of policies of total cessation of native forest logging alone is large; I suspect even cessation of coal and gas mining is an easier sell in rural Australia.
As committed as I am to doing better on environment and climate I am not convinced this is the way forward. Like with clean energy I'm inclined to want the alternatives to be in place - a sufficiency of plantation forests - before demanding logging in native forests stop.
We are still left with a need for managing those areas in ever more difficult conditions, ie global warming.
Couldn't have said it any better. Thanks John.