LOGGING LOCK ON in Bridgetown

2007-12-13
Con­cerned south west cit­i­zens hold up Jar­rah log truck in Bridgetown to high­light the con­tin­u­al destruc­tion of native forests.

Bridgetown action2007-12-13
Con­cerned south west cit­i­zens hold up Jar­rah log truck in Bridgetown to high­light the con­tin­u­al destruc­tion of native forests.

Today 12 con­cerned res­i­dents of the South­west have stopped a log truck on Bridgetown’s main street to high­light the con­tin­u­al destruc­tion of Aus­trali­a’s native forests.

Aus­tralia has just been named the biggest car­bon emit­ter in the world on a per-head basis. Indus­tri­al scale log­ging and burn­ing of native forests is a major con­trib­u­tor to car­bon emis­sions in Aus­tralia.

“By keep­ing the car­bon in the for­est and pro­tect­ing native forests is one of the eas­i­est and sim­plest solu­tions to reduce Aus­trali­a’s green­house gas emis­sions,” said Brett Thomp­son. “Native forests are the lungs of the plan­et they store vast quan­ti­ties of car­bon. By pro­tect­ing native forests Aus­tralia can sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduce its green­house gas emis­sions and halt the dev­as­tat­ing affects of cli­mate change,” com­ment­ed spokesman Brett Thomp­son.

Bridgetown local res­i­dent Saf­fire Grant quotes” “We need to take action on a local lev­el. Native for­est log­ging in our own back­yard needs to be stopped now if our com­mu­ni­ty is to active­ly help pro­vide solu­tions to cli­mate change.”

“We call on Fed­er­al and State Labor par­ties to pro­tect native forests as an active strat­e­gy to reduce our green­house gas emis­sions and become a world leader in the strug­gle against cli­mate change.”

6 Arrest­ed in Brige­town halt­ing a Jar­rah Log Truck for 6 hours in main street

Con­cerned res­i­dents of the S.W have halt­ed a log truck for six hours on the S.W high­way in Bridgetown. This fol­lows an action at Sim­coa three weeks ago high­light­ing the con­tin­u­al destruc­tion of native forests through­out the S.W and Australia.Six protests were arrest­ed for dis­or­der­ly behav­ior with police con­fis­cat­ing mobile phones cam­eras and video equip­ment. Pro­test­ers have vowed to con­tin­ue to high­light the destruc­tion of native forests in W.A through­out the com­ing months with fur­ther actions planned. The six arrest­ed will face court in Bridgetown next Wednes­day the 19th of Decem­ber with a peace­ful gath­er­ing of sup­port out the front of the court planned for 9:30am.

Thurs­day the 13th of Decem­ber 2007, six pro­test­ers were charged with dis­or­der­ly con­duct after hold­ing up a log truck in Bridgetown.

Dur­ing the protest police seized cam­eras, video recorder, mp3 play­er, all record­ing equip­ment and mobile phones.

See the video footage here:
http://www.globalwarmingfg.com/