Salvage Harvesting Fire-Damaged Wet Eucalypt Forests in South-Eastern Australia: Some Ecological Perspectives (Report‪)‬

Introduction Wildfires burned substantial areas of forest in south-eastern Australia in 2002 and 2003. Human lives were lost, and there was considerable damage to human-built infrastructure. Following the fires, several inquiries have been set up to examine the possible causes of the fires, canvas future approaches to fire management, and consider an array of other fire and land management policies. In addition to these inquiries, major operations have been begun (starting in March 2003) to salvage timber and pulpwood from some burned areas of wood production forest (e.g. Department of Sustainability and Environment 2003).