13 TASMANIAN FOREST DEFENDERS SUED BY LOGGING COMPANY

Jan­u­ary 7th 2009

Tas­man­ian based log­ging com­pa­ny Gunns Ltd has issued a law suit on thir­teen for­est defend­ers claim­ing dam­ages for tres­pass, and seek­ing an injunc­tion that will pre­vent the defen­dants from enter­ing its prop­er­ty and land hold­ings.

Jan­u­ary 7th 2009

Tas­man­ian based log­ging com­pa­ny Gunns Ltd has issued a law suit on thir­teen for­est defend­ers claim­ing dam­ages for tres­pass, and seek­ing an injunc­tion that will pre­vent the defen­dants from enter­ing its prop­er­ty and land hold­ings.

The for­est cam­paign­ers halt­ed work at the Tri­abun­na wood­chip mill in an act of civ­il dis­obe­di­ence to draw atten­tion to the impact of old growth log­ging on cli­mate change.

The pro­posed Gunns Ltd Pulp Mill and recent announce­ments that con­struc­tion may begin in 2009 will ensure that Tas­man­ian for­est pro­tec­tion will remain a cen­tral issue in the lead up to the next fed­er­al elec­tion.

This law­suit comes four years after Gunns Ltd issued the now infa­mous Gunns 20 law­suit in 2004 against twen­ty indi­vid­u­als and organ­i­sa­tions in response their efforts to pro­tect Tasmania’s native forests. It is clear the desire to pro­tect Tasmania’s forests has not dimin­ished.