“Land-clearing, severe wildfires and urbanisation are clear threats to koalas, but well-regulated timber harvesting (in north-east NSW) is not,” according to Dr John Raison, former chief research scientist at the CSIRO. It comes as Wood Central revealed that Australia’s peak science agency reports that Koala populations are ten times larger and more abundant than previous … Continue reading Ex-CSIRO Top Scientist: Timber Link to Koala Threat is Poor Science