[Huon Forests] Media Release,,28 October 2009,, ,,Two Conservationists Arrested in Tasmania’s Threatened Weld Valley

[jenny weber]

Media Release

28 October 2009

 

Two Conservationists Arrested in Tasmania’s Threatened Weld Valley

 

“Two conservationists were today arrested in Tasmania’s Weld Valley 
forests, after they took a non violent stand to call for their 
protection, by sitting atop cable logging machines.  Michael Tavares and 
Emma Renkema were part of a team of conservationists who took action 
today to highlight the ongoing devastation in the Weld Valley,” Huon 
Valley Environment Centre’s Jenny Weber said.

 

“Forestry Tasmania institutes the ruthless policies of the State and 
Federal Labor Governments, which see the complete annihilation of large 
swathes of native forest in Tasmania like the wild forests of the Weld 
Valley.  Today’s non violent action by conservationists was in the 
Barnback Creek catchment, an area of the Weld Valley where a number of 
50ha coupes are being logged.  Wildlife habitat, carbon rich forests and 
Tasmania’s wilderness heritage is being lost,” Jenny Weber said.

 

“Forestry Tasmania today released a report claiming they are stewards of 
the forests, they are transparent and engage in advertising spending to 
ensure they are transparent. Meanwhile in the Weld Valley, behind locked 
gates, with 24 hour security and large exclusion zones restricting the 
public in to state forests are instituted to protect the logging from 
scrutiny,” Jenny Weber said.

 

Photographic stills available.

 

Contact

Jenny Weber

Huon Valley Environment Centre

0427 366 929