[Huon Forests] 28 October 2009, , Media Release, , Cable Logging Destruction Halted in Weld Valley, Tasmania

[jenny weber]

28 October 2009

Media Release

Cable Logging Destruction Halted in Weld Valley, Tasmania

“Early this morning, ten conservationists returned to Tasmania’s Weld 
Valley, bringing logging of carbon rich ancient forest to a standstill. 
Two conservationists are atop the cable logging machines that are being 
used to decimate a large area of native forest in the Barnback 
Catchment,” said Jenny Weber, spokesperson for the Huon Valley 
Environment Centre.

“Tasmania’s wild forests in the Weld Valley have been at the helm of the 
Labor State and Federal Governments relentless onslaught of ancient eco 
systems for the past months. Over 200 hectares has been clearfelled in 
the Weld Valley and this area in the Barnback Catchment where 
conservationists stand on the frontline today, is a 50 hectare large 
swathe of devastation," said Ms Weber.

“The ongoing loss of carbon sinks, wildlife habitat, and Tasmania’s 
wilderness continues every day in the Weld Valley. Huon Valley 
Environment Centre is calling on Premier Bartlett to address this 
environmental and social crisis in the forests. World Heritage Value 
forests such as the Weld must be immediately protected and a 
restructuring of the logging industry so that contractors are 
compensated and are no longer put into contentious areas such as these," 
said Ms Weber

Contact
Jenny Weber
0427 366 929

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