CONSERVATIONISTS TO RELEASE VIDEO FROM ENDANGERED SPECIES SURVEY PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIODIVERSITY
WHEN: Saturday May 22, 10:45am
WHERE: Parliament Lawns, Hobart
WHAT: Still Wild Still Threatened has been conducting fauna surveys of logging coupes in the Upper Florentine valley. Video footage of threatened devils and spotted tailed quolls will be released and screened tomorrow at an event on Parliament lawns. The infra red sensor cameras have recorded over 200 videos of more than 10 devils, over the last 10 weeks. The close up videos show devils in the natural habitat.Click on this link for a preview of the footage www.youtube.com/tassieforests
The event coincides with the International Day for Biodiversity and the one year anniversary of the Tasmanian devils addition to the endangered species list.
The Tasmanian devil population has been reduced by 80% in the last 14 years.
One year has passed since the devils addition to the national endangered species list and the government is still logging devil habitat.
The devil is protected under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
The logging industry is exempt from the EPBC Act and permitted to destroy endangered species habitat.
Logging of Tasmanias ancient forests is creating disastrous outcomes for threatened species and biodiversity. Said Still Wild Still Threatened spokesperson Ed Hill.
PRESS CONFERENCE 10:45AM, PARLIAMENT LAWNS
Still Wild Still Threatened is a grassroots community organisation campaigning for the immediate protection of Tasmania’s ancient forests and the creation of an equitable and environmentally sustainable forestry industry in Tasmania.
www.stillwildstillthreatened.org
[email protected] www.myspace.com/stillwildstillthreatened
www.youtube.com/tassieforests
PO Box 295. South Hobart TAS 7004
Ed Hill Still Wild Still Threatened
