The Tarkine region in Tasmania is one of the last wild frontiers on Earth, a raw wilderness that breathes with the spirit of ancient forests and wild rivers

A grove of ancient trees, including Tasmania's oldest-known Huon pine tree, has come under threat by an ongoing bushfire.

The Tarkine region in Tasmania is one of the last wild frontiers on Earth, a raw wilderness that breathes with the spirit of ancient forests and wild rivers

China-backed MMG’s proposed tailings dam in northwest Tasmania, Australia, has sparked fierce opposition from Indigenous leaders, scientists, and environmentalists.

Nanna Anne joins the Bob Brown Foundation BioBlitz and an action at a plywood and veneer manufacturer’s factory during her trip to Tasmania.

On a three-day fungi workshop in Australia’s largest cool temperate rainforest, Alexis Buxton-Collins unearths an unexpected appreciation for the third kingdom of life Revered as one of Australia’s last true wilderness areas, Takayna/ Tarkine is a place of legends. Freshwater crayfish that can reach almost a metre in length lurk in the shade of 2000-year-old Huon pines, and every few years a rumour emerges that thylacines still prowl the dense Gondwanan rainforest of northwest Tasmania. For 65m years, this landscape has sheltered all manner of astonishing creatures. But some of the most fascinating life forms found here are even older. Before animals walked the Earth or trees began converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, fungi helped to create the conditions necessary for complex life on our planet. “People often say that fungi grow in the forest,” Dr Alison Pouliot tells me as we inhale cool air perfumed with the gentle spice of sassafras. “But there wouldn’t be a forest without fungi. Fungi are the ecosystem engineers that created the foundation for the forest.” Continue reading...

On a three-day fungi workshop in Australia’s largest cool temperate rainforest, Alexis Buxton-Collins unearths an unexpected appreciation for the third kingdom of life