A Victorian logging company just won a controversial court appeal. Here’s what it means for forest wildlife
- Written by Brendan Wintle, Professor in Conservation Ecology, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Australia’s forest-dwelling wildlife is in greater peril after last week’s court ruling that logging — even if it breaches state requirements — is exempt from the federal law that protects threatened species.
The Federal Court upheld an appeal by VicForests, Victoria’s state timber corporation, after a previous ruling...





