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Updated: February 02, 2012
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Tasmania
Tasmania Updates
- Tassie trees on death row - January 25, 2012
- Not good enough: Tasmanian forests continue to fall despite agreement - January 17, 2012
- Wild profile - John Biggs - January 12, 2012
- Tassie forests - one year later - December 14, 2011
How would you feel if you were given a stay of execution – only to find the executioners turning up to take you away regardless? Tragically, that’s what’s happening to high conservation value forests in Tasmania right now.
Bad things traditionally happen on Friday the thirteenth and this date didn’t bode well for the conservation agreement that could have protected critical areas of Tasmania’s native forests.
John Biggs is a fifth generation Tasmanian, academic, traveller, writer and a bequester for the Wilderness Society. Having lived overseas for much of his working life, he has returned to his native Tasmania where he spends much of his time writing. His latest book is called, Tasmania Over Five Generations: Return to Van Diemen's land?
It is a year to the day since former Premier David Bartlett and Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke announced they would support an agreement that promised to end Tasmania’s long-running forest dispute and that logging would stop in high conservation value forests.
Tasmania Events
- Blue Tier Community Carbon Counting
- Kitchen table briefings on the Tasmanian Forest Agreement
Where: Meet at the Weldborough Pub, North-East Tasmania
When: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February, from 9.00am
The Wilderness Society is offering face to face kitchen table briefings to people interested in finding out more about the Tasmanian forests Agreement.
Where: Across Tasmania
When: Until 30 June 2012
Tasmania Media Releases
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PM’s forest meetings need to deliver on the agreement - January 16, 2012
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Governments fail to deliver on Forests Agreement - January 12, 2012
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Ta Ann report welcomed – a rapid transition to plantations needed - October 05, 2011
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TWS opposes EPA decision on the pulp mill - September 28, 2011
The Wilderness Society Tasmania Phone: (03) 6224 1550 Email: hobart@wilderness.org.au
Phone: (03) 6331 7488 Email: launceston@wilderness.org.au
Hobart Shop Shop 8 Galleria, 33 Salamanca Place, Hobart Phone: (03) 6234 9370
