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Updated: January 17, 2012
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Australia's forests
Australia has some of the most magnificent and biodiverse forests in the world. New science also shows they are some of the largest carbon banks on Earth, helping to reduce climate change as well as maintain our water supplies. Yet many of these ancient forests, particularly in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales, are clearfelled, burnt, and turned into millions of tonnes of woodchips for paper and cardboard every year.
Forests Updates
- Tassie trees on death row - January 25, 2012
- Clock ticking for Leadbeaters’ survival - January 25, 2012
- Not good enough: Tasmanian forests continue to fall despite agreement - January 17, 2012
- Baillieu's forest plan deeply flawed - December 22, 2011
How would you feel if you were given a stay of execution – only to find the executioners turning up to take you away regardless? Tragically, that’s what’s happening to high conservation value forests in Tasmania right now.
The little Leadbeater’s possum, Victoria’s faunal emblem and already under threat of extinction due to intensive logging and bushfires, now looks set to being fast tracked to extinction by the Baillieu Government.
Bad things traditionally happen on Friday the thirteenth and this date didn’t bode well for the conservation agreement that could have protected critical areas of Tasmania’s native forests.
Victorian Campaign Manager, Luke Chamberlain, talks about why the Baillieu governments new plan for our state's forests is bad for the environment, bad for jobs and bad for communities.
Forests Events
- Kitchen table briefings on the Tasmanian Forest Agreement
- Blue Tier Community Carbon Counting
- Leadbeater’s possum surveying
The Wilderness Society is offering face to face kitchen table briefings to people interested in finding out more about the Tasmanian forests Agreement.
Where: Across Tasmania
When: Until 30 June 2012
Where: Meet at the Weldborough Pub, North-East Tasmania
When: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February, from 9.00am
Summer stag watching is back! Please join us this February for a group excursion as we assist the Australian National University in conducting surveys throughout the Central Highlands to identify important Leadbeater’s Possum habitat. When: Monday 13th February, meet in Fitzroy 5:30 pm sharp - 9pm.
Forests Media Releases
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PM’s forest meetings need to deliver on the agreement - January 16, 2012
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Governments fail to deliver on Forests Agreement - January 12, 2012
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Timber plan a shocker for forests and parks - December 13, 2011
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Christmas Sale – Reflex Paper going cheap, forest homes going forever - November 30, 2011
