Christine Milne Warns Forest Carbon Method Could Leave Tasmania's Native Forests Exposed

Former Australian Greens leader Christine Milne has warned that the forest carbon method could put Tasmania's native forests at risk. Her comments center on her claim that the Greens capitulated on native forest protection, leaving the door open for logging activity to continue under carbon crediting rules that were supposed to support real emissions reductions. The article is relevant for anyone following Australian carbon markets and forest policy. It raises a core integrity question: whether forest carbon credits actually protect standing forests and stored carbon, or simply create offset paperwork while native forest logging moves ahead. The Tasmania case shows how federal carbon methods and state forest decisions can collide, and why the details of those rules matter in practice.