Vindicated! Rolley’s comments blow Tas forests poll critics out of the water
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4 FEBRUARY 2004
Comments by Forestry Tasmania chief Evan Rolley in today's Examiner have vindicated the Doctors for Forest opinion poll and blown the arguments of critics of the poll right out of the water, according to the Wilderness Society.
"Mr Rolley concedes that today's forestry industry is based 'predominantly' on oldgrowth forests," said Campaign Coordinator for the Wilderness Society, Geoff Law. "Last week, critics of the Doctors for Forests poll claimed that oldgrowth forests make up only 5% of the industry."
Today's Examiner has an interview with Mr Rolley in which he repeatedly states the industry's dependence on oldgrowth, including the following quotes:
Forestry Tasmania's managing director says that his organisation shares the view with most Tasmanians that there should be a transition away from the timber industry relying predominantly on the State's oldgrowth forests.
To move the industry from predominantly oldgrowth forests into regrowth and hardwood plantations, you've actually got to have a market driver.
The whole of this business is about getting out of oldgrowth and into regrowth and plantation.'
(Emphasis added)
The Doctors for Forests poll said that woodchips exported from Tasmania are 'largely from oldgrowth forests'. Mr Rolley has now confirmed that most forests logged are oldgrowth. As over 90% of logs from each oldgrowth forest logged is turned into woodchips, that means Tasmania's woodchips come largely from oldgrowth.
Further information:
Geoff Law (03) 6224 1550, 0409 944891.
For more information, please contact:
Geoff Law
Tasmanian Campaign Coordinator
Workphone: (03) 6224 1550
Created: 04 Feb 2004 | Last updated: 04 Feb 2004
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