Gunns is logging the Upper Florentine (left) and is pushing ahead with its Tamar pulp mill.Gunns Ltd, Australia’s largest logging company, is proposing to build a chlorine bleaching, native forest fed pulp mill in Tasmania. Stopping the pulp mill is crucial because it will be a disaster for climate change. It will be 80 per cent native forest-based, consuming an area of forest equivalent to 100,000 MCGs. Marine life, human health and other industries, including tourism, agriculture and fisheries are also threatened by this polluting development. The pulp mill has been approved for construction via inadequate, fast tracked approval processes that have ignored many of the key issues that concern the public. Funding has not been secured for the project, and public opposition continues to grow - it can still be stopped. Donate today »
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| Tasmania’s future threatened – pulp mill impacts |
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The Wilderness Society is campaigning to stop Gunns Ltd building a massive native forest-fed pulp mill in the Tamar Valley. This pulp mill will be a disaster for our forests; our oceans and beaches; our marine life and fisheries; our wildlife; our water; the air of the Tamar Valley; our climate; and our economy.
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| URGENT UPDATE – Södra set pulp mill conditions |
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More than 4,000 signatures - and less than two days after our original online action to Swedish pulp company Södra - breakthrough came about because people like you took action. Thank you! But many issues remain unresolved. And more action is required. Please send an urgent message to Södra's CEO, Mr Leif Brodén, now. |
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| Pulp mill fast-track assessment |
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The fast-track assessment of the pulp mill has seen a corrupted process, special deals and broken promises. The result – a government ‘approval’ that ignored the major impacts of the project and a statewide call for the establishment of an Independent Commission against Corruption for Tasmania. |
Pulp Mill Updates
- Pulp mill stench exposed - July 01, 2009
- Your tax dollars could prop up Gunns' pulp mill - June 25, 2009
- Spectacular protest in Vienna, Austria targets pulp mill - June 05, 2009
On 30 June, the ABC’s 7:30 Report revealed documents which showed that the RPDC, the independent body which was assessing the proposed pulp mill before Gunns pulled out of the process, was seriously concerned odour from the mill would adversely affect the quality of life of people in the Tamar Valley.
Australian Forestry Minister Tony Burke has told Parliament that he wants to see the Gunns pulp mill built. This opens up the risk of your tax dollars being used to prop up this destructive project.
Gunns is dangerously close to getting pulp mill finance. But our international efforts to stop the pulp mill are ramping up! We know that Austrian Company Andritz wants to supply the pulp mill equipment and build the project and Austrian Export Credit Agency OeKB are considering partly funding the pulp mill.
Pulp Mill Events
- Community carbon-counting days
With your help, we can measure the amount of carbon stored in the forests that Forestry Tasmania is planning on logging. Community carbon-counting days: Sunday 5 July - Upper Florentine Valley, Southern Tasmania; Sunday 2 August - Styx Valley, Southern Tasmania; Sunday 6 September - Blue Tier, North-East Tasmania
Pulp Mill Media Releases
- Lack of joint-venture partner deal allows for pulp mill rethink - June 29, 2009
- Federal Government risks Tasmanian livelihoods for Gunns profits - June 25, 2009
- Tasmanian pulp mill protest targets Swedish embassy - June 15, 2009
Gunns’ release to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) today continues the uncertainty about its pulp mill project and fails to deliver details of its joint-venture partnership by the end of June, as promised. The lack of finalisation on a joint-venture partnership provides an opportunity for a full rethink of the project.
The Rudd Government’s first parliamentary statement on Australia’s forests today has ignored evidence that the proposed Tasmanian pulp mill will cost jobs and harm Tasmania’s economy and environment, The Wilderness Society said.
Producers of organic and fine foods and wine from the Tamar Valley today presented a range of their products to the Swedish Ambassador in Canberra as well as a letter for the Swedish Government to highlight the risks involved if Swedish company Södra gets involved in the proposed pulp mill in Tasmania.
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