<description>&lt;p&gt;Although many of us may not notice, modern life relies heavily on forest products. Did you recently&amp;nbsp;receive a package in the post? Was it in a cardboard box?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Is there a printed label on the cans of veggies in your pantry?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Yet, when most people hear the word&amp;nbsp;&amp;lsquo;logging&amp;rsquo; they&amp;rsquo;d probably&amp;nbsp;immediately&amp;nbsp;think of deforestation and environment destruction.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ross Hampton and Dean Kearney are two men whose job it is to make sure that the trees in this country that are cut down for everyday products, are done so sustainably. Ross is the CEO of the Australian Forest Products Association and Dean is from Forestry NSW. For this episode of Invisible Heroes Madeleine sat down with Ross and Dean, in the middle of a forest, to find out if there is even such a thing as sustainable forestry.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CREDITS&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Host&lt;/strong&gt;: Madeleine West&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/madmadswest/"&gt;@madmadswest&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guests&lt;/strong&gt;: Ross Hampton and Dean Kearney&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Executive&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Producer&lt;/strong&gt;: Elise Cooper&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/elisejcooper/"&gt;@elisejcooper&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Assistant&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Producer&lt;/strong&gt;: Hannah Bowman&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/itshannahbowman/"&gt;@itshannahbowman&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Technical&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Assistance&lt;/strong&gt;: Odin from North Coast Events&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.northcoastevents.com.au/"&gt;northcoastevents.com.au&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LINKS&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Forestry Corporation - &lt;a href="https://bit.ly/2HrshPF"&gt;https://bit.ly/2HrshPF&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Australian Forest Products Association - &lt;a href="https://bit.ly/3dMSJiE"&gt;https://bit.ly/3dMSJiE&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Invisible Heroes

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Could We Have A World Without Wood: Ross Hampton & Dean Kearney

OCT 25, 202045 MIN
Invisible Heroes

Could We Have A World Without Wood: Ross Hampton & Dean Kearney

OCT 25, 202045 MIN

Description

Although many of us may not notice, modern life relies heavily on forest products. Did you recently receive a package in the post? Was it in a cardboard box?  Is there a printed label on the cans of veggies in your pantry?  Yet, when most people hear the word ‘logging’ they’d probably immediately think of deforestation and environment destruction. Ross Hampton and Dean Kearney are two men whose job it is to make sure that the trees in this country that are cut down for everyday products, are done so sustainably. Ross is the CEO of the Australian Forest Products Association and Dean is from Forestry NSW. For this episode of Invisible Heroes Madeleine sat down with Ross and Dean, in the middle of a forest, to find out if there is even such a thing as sustainable forestry.  CREDITS   Host: Madeleine West @madmadswest   Guests: Ross Hampton and Dean Kearney Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper  Assistant Producer: Hannah Bowman @itshannahbowman  Technical Assistance: Odin from North Coast Events northcoastevents.com.au  LINKS   Forestry Corporation - https://bit.ly/2HrshPF  Australian Forest Products Association - https://bit.ly/3dMSJiE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.