More arrests in Tasmanian forest destruction

JAN 14, 2008: A camp set up by con­ser­va­tion­ists almost three years ago was bro­ken up by police on Mon­day morn­ing at the request of Forestry Tas­ma­nia which wants to start log­ging.

JAN 14, 2008: A camp set up by con­ser­va­tion­ists almost three years ago was bro­ken up by police on Mon­day morn­ing at the request of Forestry Tas­ma­nia which wants to start log­ging.

A pro­test­er who locked him­self in a spi­der­hole tun­nel for over 30 hours has been charged with tres­pass in Hobart. The activist was one of a group attempt­ing to stop Forestry Tas­ma­nia build­ing a road into a log­ging coupe in the Upper Flo­ren­tine Val­ley.

Two oth­er men have also been charged after try­ing to enter the same tun­nel. A Queens­land woman was also arrest­ed after evad­ing police ear­li­er by climb­ing high­er up a tree as they used a cher­ry-pick­er to bring her down.

Four pro­test­ers remain in tree-sits as more peo­ple arrived to sup­port activists who have been liv­ing in the area. Still Wild Still Threat­ened say 150 peo­ple have gath­ered for a com­mu­ni­ty walk through the area in sup­port of pro­test­ers who are try­ing to stop a log­ging road.

“The com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers who are out in the Upper Flo­ren­tine Val­ley in defence of our old growth forests will be attempt­ing to get into this exclu­sion zone by any means so they can wit­ness the ongo­ing destruc­tion of our old growth forests…”

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