Media release – Bob Brown Foundation, 12 June 2024
Protesters arrested in Tasmanian forest
Bob Brown Foundation has today released the first ever photograph of the endangered masked owl in the contentious takayna forest currently being logged.
“In a rare occasion, the endangered masked owl that lives and forages on the takayna forests currently being flattened by logging has been photographed and we urge for immediate eviction of logging machines from the forest,” said Jenny Weber, Bob Brown Foundations Campaigns Manager.
“Today we are taking action nationwide for takayna with community members joining our calls for immediate protection of these endangered species habitats from logging. Six demonstrations calling for the logging to halt in takayna are planned today for Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney and Launceston while protests resume at the site of the controversial logging in takayna,” said Jenny Weber.
“In sorrow, I bear witness to the destruction of Tasmania’s native forests. Save them for the future of life on our island and on the planet,” said Craig Brown who is willing to be arrested today unless the Government do the necessary thing and removes the logging machines from this forest.
I am doing this action today because we have incredible native forests and vital habitat for many animals being destroyed in takayna right now. I am new to Tasmania and heard masked owls for the first time in my life last week in the coupe. It was such a powerful experience hearing them, and I hope we can do everything we can to protect what we have left,” said Tanya Sneddon, who is this morning attached to the gate that locks up the public land to allow the logging.
A breeding pair of endangered masked owls is losing its critical habitat to logging. In the last ten days, Bob Brown Foundation recorded 111 masked owl calls just a few hundred metres from the bulldozers. The resident pair has been heard communicating across the logging coupe. Despite this scientific evidence being provided to Premier Rockliff, Forestry Tasmania and the Forest Practices Authority, their home is being clear-felled.
Forests on the edge of the Arthur and Frankland Rivers are verified critical habitat that supports endangered masked owls, azure kingfishers, and eagles that live and nest there. Native forests across Australia need protection for their crucial role in mitigating climate change and the extinction crisis.
Nationwide protests
nipaluna / Hobart:
Parliament House 1pm
Ta Ann office sidewalk 4.30pm
(150 Davey St, Hobart TAS 7000)
Launceston
100 John St, Launceston 1pm
Naarm / Melbourne
100 John St, Launceston 1pmlbourne
1635 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave 12 pm
145 Camberwell Rd, Hawthorn East 4.30pm
240-250 Lygon Street, Brunswick East 4.30pm
Warrane / Sydney
267 Cleveland St, Redfern 12pm
Cynthy Junr
June 12, 2024 at 14:07
Dear Tasmanian Government …
Please stop logging in Tasmania.
No government in 2024 can justify logging!
Thank you.
Colin
June 13, 2024 at 19:56
How can this Government just turn a blind eye to this?
It’s so hypocritical that it wants Tasmania to be the Clean and Green state, but behind locked gates, and out of the eyes of who they want here to hopefully swell the coffers, namely tourists, thinking that all will be OK.
Get your heads out of the sand and start thinking about something other than stadiums and high performance centres which are just big pie in the sky ideas. We have ovals big enough to host games here, or go with Stadia 2.0 on a greenfield site, not Macquarie Point.
Fix up all our other problems first before losing more dollars down the drain, and start governing wisely because at the moment you’re doing nothing right.
Sharon Waller
June 14, 2024 at 06:36
It’s so sad to be seeing this government destroying the state with logging and filthy salmon farms.
Bruce
June 14, 2024 at 19:53
It’s a media release from the Bob Brown Foundation.
Prove to me it’s true. Prove to me it’s accurate. Prove to me it’s not just another attempt to shut down an environmentally responsible and sustainable industry just to score political points.
Chief Editor TT
June 14, 2024 at 21:46
Multiple images were supplied so we chose to publish only one, as that’s sufficient for most posts.
The photos tell a very clear story of the context. The onus is on now on you to prove it’s not true. The only internationally recognised accreditation for environmentally responsible and sustainable forestry is FSC certification.
As you probably know, Forestry Tasmania has failed serially to obtain this accreditation. FSC’s pioneering certification system enables businesses and consumers to choose wood, paper and other forest products made with materials that support responsible forestry.
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“The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world’s forests. Since its foundation in 1994, FSC has grown to become the world’s most respected and widespread forest certification system.”
– Moderator
Bella
June 15, 2024 at 14:09
Diabolical. What more can one say? This government sucks!