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Going Gone track being logged in Styx Valley
December 11th 2007 06:10
This message's Origianl Source is the Australain Wilderness society.
Last week Forestry Tasmania started logging coupe SX10F in the Styx Valley. This is fantastic oldgrowth forest through which we established the ‘Going Gone’ walking track. You probably recognise the photo below, which is of two trees near the boundary of this coupe.
Near logging coupe SX 10F, Being logged December 2007. Styx Valley, TasmaniaThousands of people have visited this area using our self-drive guide leaflets, and have marveled at its giant trees, got lost in the mossy undergrowth and been serenaded by the forest’s birdlife.
Now, chainsaws and heavy machinery are carving up this area into a modified clearfell, to be burnt and regrown into an even-aged eucalypt regrowth forest. It would need centuries to return to anywhere near the magnificence of today.
This forest is of recognised World Heritage value and is one of the most carbon-dense forests in the world, storing vast amounts of carbon in branches, trunk, roots and soil. It has taken centuries for the forest to accumulate this carbon. Most will be lost on logging. Remember, the Stern Review on climate change said “curbing deforestation is a highly cost-effective way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Action to preserve the remaining areas of natural forest is needed urgently.”
At a time when the new Australian government is ratifying the Kyoto Protocol and claiming to lead the world on solutions to climate change, it is ludicrous that Australia still clearfells and burns carbon-dense oldgrowth forests. The Australian Government is currently in Bali negotiating the new climate protocol.
Contact the following now and tell them to stop turning a blind eye to Tasmania’s climate criminals – the logging industry.
Peter Garrett - Minister for the Environment
T (02) 9349 6007
peter.garrett.mp@aph.gov.au
Penny Wong - Minister for Climate Change
T (08) 8223 3388
senator.wong@aph.gov.au
Tony Burke - Minister for Forestry
T ((02) 6277 7520
tony.burke.mp@aph.gov.au
Kevin Rudd - Prime Minister
T (02) 6277 7700 (Canberra)
T (07) 3899 4031 (Electoral office)
kevin.rudd.mp@aph.gov.au
Last week Forestry Tasmania started logging coupe SX10F in the Styx Valley. This is fantastic oldgrowth forest through which we established the ‘Going Gone’ walking track. You probably recognise the photo below, which is of two trees near the boundary of this coupe.
Near logging coupe SX 10F, Being logged December 2007. Styx Valley, TasmaniaThousands of people have visited this area using our self-drive guide leaflets, and have marveled at its giant trees, got lost in the mossy undergrowth and been serenaded by the forest’s birdlife.
Now, chainsaws and heavy machinery are carving up this area into a modified clearfell, to be burnt and regrown into an even-aged eucalypt regrowth forest. It would need centuries to return to anywhere near the magnificence of today.
This forest is of recognised World Heritage value and is one of the most carbon-dense forests in the world, storing vast amounts of carbon in branches, trunk, roots and soil. It has taken centuries for the forest to accumulate this carbon. Most will be lost on logging. Remember, the Stern Review on climate change said “curbing deforestation is a highly cost-effective way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Action to preserve the remaining areas of natural forest is needed urgently.”
At a time when the new Australian government is ratifying the Kyoto Protocol and claiming to lead the world on solutions to climate change, it is ludicrous that Australia still clearfells and burns carbon-dense oldgrowth forests. The Australian Government is currently in Bali negotiating the new climate protocol.
Contact the following now and tell them to stop turning a blind eye to Tasmania’s climate criminals – the logging industry.
Peter Garrett - Minister for the Environment
T (02) 9349 6007
peter.garrett.mp@aph.gov.au
Penny Wong - Minister for Climate Change
T (08) 8223 3388
senator.wong@aph.gov.au
Tony Burke - Minister for Forestry
T ((02) 6277 7520
tony.burke.mp@aph.gov.au
Kevin Rudd - Prime Minister
T (02) 6277 7700 (Canberra)
T (07) 3899 4031 (Electoral office)
kevin.rudd.mp@aph.gov.au
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