Media Release
15 August 2011
Forest Conservationists in Hobart Magistrates Court Today
Two conservationists from Tasmania’s grass roots forest groups will today appear in Hobart’s magistrates court.
Huon Valley Environment Centre’s Jenny Weber will appear in relation to a charge of trespass on a Ta Ann vessel at Hobart wharf, resulting from an action in March 2011, when attention was brought to the loading of high conservation value forests on to the Ta Ann vessel for export to Malaysia.
Ali Alishah, environmental campaigner with Huon Valley Environment Centre, Code Green and Still Wild Still Threatened will be appearing in relation to charges from 2009 -2011. Including, in 2009 Ali joined Peter Cundall on the steps of Hobart’s Parliament House to protest about Gunn’s pulp mill and he was charged with failure to comply with a police officer’s direction, in 2010 trespass in Picton valley, Ali participated in a protest about logging of world heritage value forest that bordered the world heritage area. In 2011, Ali has been active in the campaigns to bring attention to the failure of a promised moratorium to protect high conservation value forests from logging and bringing attention to the Malaysian logging giant, Ta Ann. Today in court he is appearing in relation to three charges from commit a nuisance at the headquarters of Forestry Tasmania, trespass at the Ta Ann office on Davey st, and trespass on a Ta Ann vessel at Hobart wharf.
Jenny Weber – Huon Valley Environment Centre
