Pulp Mill Media Releases
- ENGO Response to Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement - August 07, 2011
- Giddings' Government not negotiating; signatories in limbo until it does - May 19, 2011
- Kelty report outlines government action to deliver Tasmanian forest solution - April 05, 2011
- Environment groups' response to Federal Minister Burke's decision on Gunns' pulp mill - March 10, 2011
- Environment groups urge Burke to reject current pulp mill proposal - March 08, 2011
- Gunns and Government must regain community trust to justify a new pulp mill - March 04, 2011
- Farewell Ruth Rowe - a stalwart advocate for conservation is lost to Tasmania - December 22, 2010
- Environment groups welcome start of moratorium and appointment of facilitator - December 14, 2010
- ENGOs welcome Federal Government action to protect Tasmanian Forests and rebuild forest industry - December 06, 2010
- Gunns Ltd AGM - support for forest agreement welcomed - November 30, 2010
The Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement signed by Prime Minister Gillard and Premier Giddings provides a strong foundation to protect Tasmania’s unique and important native forests and transition the logging industry away from native forests.
Following her reactive attacks on the Wilderness Society yesterday, the society reiterated its call on Premier Lara Giddings to commit to negotiations with Forest Agreement signatories and the Federal Government.
Kelty report outlines government action to deliver Tasmanian forest solution
Environment groups (ENGOs) have welcomed the public release of Bill Kelty’s interim report on the Tasmanian forest principles agreement and called on governments to urgently implement the report’s proposals.
Environment groups today acknowledged the constructive progress on plantation wood supply in Minister Tony Burke's legally-binding conditions for the proposed pulp mill, but expressed serious concerns about unaddressed community opposition to the mill and the mill's marine impacts and reiterated their opposition to the project.
Environment groups have urged Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke to reject Gunns’ current proposal to build a pulp mill in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley.
The Wilderness Society today reiterated its opposition to the Tamar Valley pulp mill proposal. Wilderness Society spokesman Vica Bayley said Gunns’ proposed pulp mill in the Tamar Valley was based on a corrupted consultation process and Tasmanians had the right to expect the company and the government to now outline how they will regain community trust.
The Wilderness Society today acknowledged the outstanding contribution to nature conservation by the late Ruth Rowe, who died yesterday aged 95.
Environment groups have welcomed the Federal and Tasmanian Governments’ appointment of Bill Kelty as facilitator to implement the Tasmanian Forest Statement of Principles and starting the moratorium of logging in high conservation value forests.
Environment groups today welcomed the Federal Governmentʼs engagement and support to implement the Tasmanian “Forests Statement of Principles” and called on Tasmanian Premier Bartlett to start the moratorium on logging high conservation value forests.
The Wilderness Society today attended a very different Gunns’ AGM than those in the past. The Wilderness Society congratulated Gunns’ announced exit from native forest logging and support for the Tasmanian forest agreement which would see the creation of a sustainable timber industry and the protection of Tasmania’s precious native forests.
