FOREST CONSERVATIONISTS TARGET TASMANIA’S ORGANISED INDUSTRY WORMS

Pics: Laura Minnebo

MEDIA RELEASE
Monday, 21 June 2010
FOREST CONSERVATIONISTS TARGET TASMANIA’S ORGANISED INDUSTRY WORMS

Today, conservationists from Still Wild Still Threatened and the Huon Valley Environment Centre staged a theatrical action at Forestry Tasmania’s Hobart headquarters to highlight the fact that now is a crucial time to protect the wild forests of southern Tasmania, including the Styx, Upper Florentine and Weld Valleys.

Conservationists scaled the roof of the building, displaying a banner reading “Rotting Tasmania to the core”. A giant rotting apple was erected on the footpath outside the office, representing Tasmania. Six giant worms with the familiar faces of Evan Rolley, Bob Gordon, Julian Amos, Terry Edwards, Hans Drielsma and Ken Jeffreys wriggled out from the rotten core of the apple.

“Our community wants to see a solution to the ongoing destruction of Tasmania’s world-class native forests and the forest industry crisis. Unfortunately, a small and powerful gang of ‘worms’ are rotting the core of our beautiful island” said Still Wild Still Threatened spokesperson Ula Majewski.

“These old-school cronies with insidious influence are actively working to swing a giant wrecking ball through any attempt at a forest solution by continuing to promote destructive logging practices that are environmentally and economically unsustainable” said Ula Majewski.

“A unique opportunity exists to protect Tasmania’s native forests, which could be derailed by this small gang of people who are hell-bent on keeping the status quo and continuing to destroy our carbon rich forests” Ula Majewski said.

“The Australian community wants to see the logging industry exit from native forests now. A recent poll found that 90% of Australians want to see Tasmania’s high conservation value forests protected in National Parks. 77% of Australians also want to see a halt to the logging of native forests” said Huon Valley Environment Centre spokesperson Jenny Weber.
Ula Majewski Still Wild Still Threatened Jenny Weber Huon Valley Environment Centre