Forests Updates http://www.wilderness.org.au daily 1 2007-12-13T21:28:33Z Controversial Logs Deal Adds to Pulp Mill Uncertainty http://www.wilderness.org.au/articles/gunns-controversial-logs-deal On 1 December 2008, Gunns announced that it had been given a two-year extension on its wood-supply deal for the pulp mill. In extending the terms of the agreement, Forestry Tasmaniasimultaneously stepped over Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett’s line inthe sand, threatened vast tracts of publicly-owned native forest inTasmania, and thickened the cloud of uncertainty currently hanging overthe unpopular project. No publisher lmarlow 2008-12-05T06:36:52Z TWS Article Pulp Mill proposal lurches off the rails as thousands form a 'Line in the sand' http://www.wilderness.org.au/articles/line-in-the-sand-article As Gunns' proposed pulp mill slips further off the rails, attentionis shifting from the Tasmanian Government to Federal EnvironmentMinister Peter Garrett who has yet to approve central parts of Gunns'environmental plan for the controversial mill. No publisher lmarlow 2008-12-05T06:24:33Z TWS Article Mines in Tasmania’s South-West Wilderness? http://www.wilderness.org.au/articles/mines-in-tasmania-south-west-wilderness West and south of Tasmania’s wild Franklin River is a large tract of rainforest, moorland and a spectacular coastline. Unfortunately, the region also contains small bodies of iron, tin and other minerals that form part of the Mt Read Volcanics. No publisher lmarlow 2008-12-05T06:24:14Z TWS Article