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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| 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
- End of the Gunns20 legal saga - February 02, 2010
- Gunns’ pulp mill: We’re not out of the woods yet - December 14, 2009
- Time to find Our Common Ground - December 03, 2009
More than five years after writs were first issued, the Gunns lawsuit saga has come to an end for all 20 defendants with the decision by Gunns to drop its remaining claims against four defenders of a small valley on the edge of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Five years ago this December, Gunns Limited announced plans to build a pulp mill fuelled by Tasmania’s native forests. For five years, committed people just like you have stood between these native forests and complete annihilation.
The Wilderness Society has joined other individuals, organisations and businesses from all walks of life and of all political persuasions to create a sustainable and prosperous Tasmania, under the banner of ‘Our Common Ground’. We believe it is time to put the divisions of the past behind us, and to end the artificial contest between protecting jobs and protecting forests. It is time for a win-win solution. We can protect our forests, grow Tasmanian jobs, develop a vibrant timber industry and create a harmonious community.
Pulp Mill Media Releases
- Minister looking after Gunns' interests - January 20, 2010
- Nordea Backs Away From Gunns’ Pulp Mill - January 07, 2010
- Desperate Gunns settles for anything - November 26, 2009
Environment groups have labelled the trip to Japan by Resources Minister David Llewelyn with Gunns boss John Gay and Forestry Tasmania boss Bob Gordon a mercy dash aimed at looking after Gunns’ interests by attempting to keep native forest woodchipping alive in Tasmania.
For the first time, Nordea bank announced today that it would not finance the Gunns’ pulp mill in Australia if its widely publicised environmental impacts were not curbed. The announcement, made by Nordea via Twitter, came in response to a two-day blitz of public pressure. The campaign kicked off with an action from global campaign network Avaaz.org, and triggered engagement from thousands of Scandinavian citizens including many Nordea customers and shareholders.
Gunns Ltd today withdrew their case against two of the remaining six defendants in the infamous Gunns20 case.
Louise
Morris and Neal Funnell will not be paying any costs or damages to
Gunns after being sued for a combined $489,000 in 2004.
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