[Huon Forests] Media Release,, ,,28 July 2009,, ,,Two Conservationists Arrested In Tasmania’s Weld Valley Protest
jenny weber
jweber at nativeforest.net
Tue Jul 28 01:44:13 UTC 2009
While forest activists participated in this action yesterday in the Weld
Valley, logging contractors informed them that they had seen pygmy
possums and spotted tailed quolls in the coupe known as WR15F, while
they were logging!!!!
Also these forest activists are witnessing the huge stockpiling of logs
on the coupe landings, as log trucks are not transporting logs to the
woodchip mill for the next two weeks as these mills are closed.
Whilst forest activists were climbing trees the other day, they
witnessed gliders flying through the trees of the threatened forest they
were in.
It's been some sad days in the Weld.
Media Release
28 July 2009
Two Conservationists Arrested In Tasmania’s Weld Valley Protest
“Two Conservationists were arrested in threatened forests of the Weld
Valley yesterday. The two conservationists were attached to machinery
and atop a tripod for ten hours, and were arrested at 2pm,” Huon Valley
Environment Centre’s Jenny Weber said.
“Conservationists participated in a non violent direct action in the
Weld Valley to halt the logging of two forest areas. These threatened
forest areas are ancient ecosystems, one of these areas is adjacent to
the Tasmanian World Heritage Area. Logging in these areas is a travesty
in a time when climate change is a global emergency,” Jenny Weber said.
“Huon Valley Environment Centre is calling for the immediate end to all
logging in the Weld Valley, and real action taken to protect ancient
forests for future generations. Logging of these wild forests is
currently at an alarming rate with seven logging operations in the
valley. Wildlife habitat of the Wedge tailed Eagle, Spotted Tail Quoll
and the Pygmy Possums are vanishing,” Jenny Weber said.
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Jenny Weber
Huon Valley Environment Centre
0427 366 929
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