Media Release – Bob Brown Foundation, 14 April 2025
Protesters again halt Australia’s worst logging in Tasmania’s Central Highlands
Climate protector and peaceful forest protester Violet CoCo, along with other forest defenders, is defending Swift Parrot, Masked Owl and Tasmanian Devil habitat in Waykaywirinu / Central Highlands. Violet has attached herself to a logging machine in an active logging coupe near Horne’s Dam [Tarraleah].
This is Palawa / Pakana Aboriginal land, that has been nurtured and protected for tens of thousands of years. This land was stolen and now it is being decimated by Forestry Tasmania.
Bob Brown Foundation has carried out multiple forest protests during the federal election campaign to highlight the critical need to end native forest logging. This archaic practice of clear-felling and incinerating forests is outdated and must be banned.
Wentworth Hills, 960m above sea level, ancient eucalypts, myrtle, celery top pine
“This is a beautiful and essential ecosystem. I am devastated how much we will lose if we do not act now,” said Violet CoCo, climate activist and peaceful forest protector.
“I am here to do more than vote. I know that we must put our body where our politics lie. End Native Forest logging at the source. Join us.”
“Each and every Tasmanian should feel obligated to stand against unjust laws that allow for the government-subsidised destruction of our fragile ecosystems. Even if the native forest logging industry was able to turn a profit and no longer relied on taxpayer money to operate, it would still not justify this shameful destruction of our Country – it’s heartbreaking,” said Cody, a Wuratji Truwalata / Palawa activist.
“Native forest logging is having a direct and damaging impact on global heating and killing wildlife while removing their crucial habitats. We are living in a climate and extinction emergency, and yet politicians insist on exacerbating it by logging critically important forests,” said Jenny Weber, Campaigns Manager at Bob Brown Foundation.
