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UN Conference on Biodiversity: Australian Government failure on forests
Posted May 20th, 2008 by AnonymousUN Biodiversity Conference:
Australian government failure to implement forest protection
targets
The Australian Government has come under fire from environment
groups at the UN Conference on Biological Diversity in Germany today,
for its failure to implement international commitments on forest biodiversity
protection.
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Forest activists take their protest to the headwaters of the Styx River, Tasmania
Posted May 8th, 2008 by Anonymous
This morning, community activists halted the logging of old growth forests near the headwaters of the Styx River. Ten activists have peacefully occupied coupe TN47C, located 100 metres from the TWWHA boundary near the base of Mount Mueller to highlight the continued destruction of Tasmania's unique old growth forests.
"Tasmania is in a state of environmental emergency. Every single day, our island's unique old growth forests are felled, bulldozed and trucked off to the woodchipper. Gunns Ltd.'s stranglehold on the Lennon government has been highlighted again this week and once again it will be our precious carbon rich forests, the taxpayer and the community that will suffer as a result of yet another matey deal between climate criminals John Gay, Bob Gordon and Paul Lennon" said Still Wild Still Threatened spokesperson Ula Majewski.
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Tassie's forests. Pulped or protected? - Rally and march in Melbourne
Posted May 2nd, 2008 by AnonymousThe ANZ can stop the pulp mill by refusing to finance it. We are holding a rally and march in Melbourne to demonstrate the continuing community opposition to the pulp mill and to convince the ANZ not to finance it.
Stopping the pulp mill is crucial because it will be a disaster for climate change. It will be 80% native forest-based, consuming an area of forest equivalent to 100 000 MCGs.
This rally and march can demonstrate to the ANZ Bank that the community does not want them to finance the mill.
ANZ towers, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne.
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Western Sydney biodiversity certification deeply flawed
Posted December 15th, 2007 by AnonymousBiodiversity certification for development of Sydney’s northwest and
south-west growth centres is seriously flawed, contains inadequate
scientific assessment, and will result in loss of valuable native
vegetation the Total Environment Centre (TEC) warned today.
TEC urban campaigner Mr Leigh Martin said "The process approved by
the NSW government will result in the loss of 1,867ha of high and
medium conservation value native vegetation. This is a major impact on
an already severely depleted resource in Western Sydney”.
