Tasmanian forest defenders halt logging in the Styx Valley

2007-12-11
Yes­ter­day morn­ing, for­est activists from Still Wild Still Threat­ened halt­ed log­ging in coupe SX10F in the Styx Val­ley, to high­light the ongo­ing dev­as­ta­tion of Tasmania’s World Her­itage val­ued forests. This coupe has gained an inter­na­tion­al pro­file over the past few years as an icon­ic exam­ple of Tasmania’s unique old growth forests.

Styx banners action2007-12-11
Yes­ter­day morn­ing, for­est activists from Still Wild Still Threat­ened halt­ed log­ging in coupe SX10F in the Styx Val­ley, to high­light the ongo­ing dev­as­ta­tion of Tasmania’s World Her­itage val­ued forests. This coupe has gained an inter­na­tion­al pro­file over the past few years as an icon­ic exam­ple of Tasmania’s unique old growth forests.

“This pris­tine tract of ancient for­est, locat­ed with­in 1.5km of the World Her­itage bound­ary, is of out­stand­ing con­ser­va­tion val­ue and has been vis­it­ed by thou­sands of peo­ple. Right now, bull­doz­ers and chain­saws are rip­ping apart this irre­place­able ecosys­tem” said Still Wild Still Threat­ened spokesper­son Ula Majew­s­ki.

“We are call­ing on the fed­er­al Labor Gov­ern­ment to hon­our their inter­na­tion­al envi­ron­men­tal com­mit­ments and put an imme­di­ate halt to this sense­less dev­as­ta­tion of some of Australia’s most out­stand­ing nat­ur­al her­itage” said Still Wild Still Threat­ened spokesper­son Jess Wright.

“Here we have yet anoth­er exam­ple of a unique for­est being dec­i­mat­ed in order to fur­ther the inter­ests of greedy wood­chip barons and cor­rupt politi­cians. As world lead­ers gath­er in Bali to dis­cuss the cli­mate emer­gency, the island’s most sig­nif­i­cant car­bon sinks are being destroyed, ren­der­ing Tas­ma­nia an inter­na­tion­al dis­grace” said Ms Majew­s­ki.