UK United Kingdom  Is using native forests for energy really
carbon-neutral?  Australia’s forest conflict gets easier to
solve as every day passes. In reality, the conflict will solve
itself if the government can just resist reviving the
environmentally and economically inferior native forest part of
Australia’s “forest” industry. The government must not open
native forest wood…  There’s a lot of carbon in there. John Tann
Some are proposing that Australia’s forest future lies in
burning native timber to produce electricity. Proponents argue
this “bio-energy” is a sustainable energy source. But just as
Australia’s forest wars seem to be coming to an end, conflict
over bio-energy could restart the fight.  Why are we fighting
over forests?  We cannot understand Australia’s forest conflict
and its solution without unpacking the word “forest”. To
environmentalists, “forest” means native forests – self-
regenerating ecosystems. To the forestry industry, forests are
both native forests and plantations (agricultura