Arabic version: «أونلي فيرنز» يربط المحتوى للبالغين بحماية الغابات

According to The Guardian, artist Kirsha Kaechele has launched OnlyFerns, an OnlyFans portal intended to help protect Tasmania’s ancient forests. The project features 12 forest-themed kink videos filmed in private forests and sawmills, alongside an accompanying documentary and book.

Kaechele, described by the Museum of Old and New Art as its first lady and married to founder David Walsh, calls OnlyFerns an “artwork-cum-economic engine”. Revenue is intended to compensate forest workers for not felling trees, while supporting work such as building boardwalks and producing artwork in old-growth logging coupes.

Mona and Kaechele paid the production costs, including payments to creators and crew. Kaechele said ensuring that workers do not lose hours is critical, arguing that environmental campaigns can create an unhelpful divide when workers are excluded from protection efforts. The scale of the project will depend on its success and possible philanthropic support.

Sustainable Timber Tasmania said it is discussing Mona’s ambitions on forest management while remaining within its charter as a Government Business Enterprise. It called the initiative an amazing project that had brought stakeholders together and created space for discussion about forests and timber production.

OnlyFerns emerged from the Forest Congress, which Kaechele formed in 2023 with conservationists, scientists, Palawa elders and forestry-industry representatives. The approach has also drawn criticism: the Wilderness Society withdrew from the congress in July, while the Bob Brown Foundation called the project a pro-logging plan. Kaechele said the initiative focuses on old-growth forests that both sides agree are especially precious and irreplaceable.