Old Growth Forest Logging in Tasmania
Pristine wildernesses including some of the tallest trees on earth are facing devastation
Document created 19 January 2009, last updated 05 October 2010
More about Tasmania’s forests: see The World Wildlife Fund webpage: “Tasmanian temperate rain forests”, link below.
More about old growth forest logging in Tasmania:
- see Australia Conservation Foundation’s report: “Protecting Tasmania’s precious forests” for figures and maps, link below.
- See also Mongabay’s article: “ Tasmanian tragedy? : How the forestry industry has torn an island apart”, link below.
Several organizations are demanding the protection of Tasmania’s old growth rain forest currently threatened by logging:
- see Australia Conservation Foundation’s report: “Protecting Tasmania’s precious forests”, link below.
- See opinion in ABC News: “Tasmania deserves a sustainable future”, 18 May 09, link below.
The issue created by the logging of Tasmania’s old growth forests is widely recognized.
- See link below: Environment Tasmania: “Tasmanian Forest and Forest Industry Talks” for details of the current talks between the forestry industry and environmental organization.
- See also announcement that the logging company Gunns will stop old growth logging in Tasmania (see ABC News Australia, 15 Sep 10, and Australia Conservation Foundation, 10 Sep 10, links below).
Links to external websites:
[wb1] Still Wild Still Threatened - Still Wild Still Threatened needs your assistance in our urgent campaign to stop the roading and imminent logging of Pristine Rainforest in the Upper Florentine Valley. We despretly need volunteers to help with all sorts of things in Hobart so if you a
[wb2] ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation News) - 18 May 09 - Tasmania deserves a sustainable future - Gunns' proposed Tamar Valley pulp mill threatens Tasmania's old-growth forests and, with it, the state's clean-and-green image and eco-tourism opportunities, writes the Wilderness Society's Paul Oosting
[wb3] Mongabay.com - 2 Jul 09 - A Tasmanian tragedy? : How the forestry industry has torn an island apart - This is by no means a new battle: in fact, Tasmanian industrial foresters and environmentalists have been fighting over the issue of clearcutting the island’s forests f
[wb4] ABC News Australia - 21 Nov 09 - Drop in endangered bird numbers sparks worries - Concerns have been raised about a dramatic decrease in endangered bird numbers in Tasmania.
[wb5] Australian Conservation Foundation - 10 Sep 10 - Environment groups welcome Gunns’ move out of native forests - The Wilderness Society, the Australian Conservation Foundation and Environment Tasmania have welcomed the news that timber giant Gunns Ltd will move out of native forest logging an
[wb6] WWF - Click to visit webpage: Tasmanian temperate rain forests
[wb7] Environment Tasmania - Click to visit webpage: Tasmanian Forest and Forest Industry Talks
[wb8] ABC News Australia - 15 Sep 10 - Change of heart at Gunns - Gunns will stop logging old growth forests in Tasmania
[wb9] Australian Conservation Foundation - Click to read report: Protecting Tasmania’s precious forests
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