A mass protest in Tasmania’s forests yesterday has resulted in eight community members being arrested.
Bob Brown Foundation’s Campaign Manager Jenny Weber said, ‘The time has well passed for our protests in these ancient forests to be met with police and eviction of nature’s defenders. Logging machines in native forests across the state need to be evicted and forests protected for their climate and wildlife benefits.’
Campaigner Erik Hayward said, ‘For thousands of years, these forests have been high up on the exposed southern central plateau. An endangered wedge-tailed eagle soared over us while in the forests, reminding us that they depend on these forests that are being crushed, wrecked and lost forever.
‘Today, these forests were given relief from the relentless logging destruction,’ he said. ‘The defiance of those who were here today in unison is a telling moment of resistance. We will not stop in the defence of our wild places.’
Defenders
Those who were arrested (Gabby Knox, Mae Woodruff, Gordon Cuff, Susie Aulich, Riley Wilcox, Fiona Gipters, Jenny Fitzgibbon and Wayne Gipters), said they were taking action for wildlife, forest and climate protection.
‘As a vet nurse and wildlife carer, I see the injured and orphaned wildlife coming through as a result of land clearing and decreased habitat. They are reliant on this habitat, and we need to protect these wild places for them,’ said 29 year old Gabby Knox.
‘I am taking action today because I am distraught about the destruction of Australian forests,’ said 60 year old Jenny Fitzgibbon.
‘I am here to do my duty and stop the logging of ecosystems that will never grow back. The majority of people want them to be left for the creatures that live here, and are beginning to recognise that we humans can’t survive without intact forests.
‘They are worth more standing. That our taxes are being used to pay for this killing boils my blood.’
Fiona Gipters, 57, said, ‘Politicians are not protecting our unique ecosystems, not taking necessary steps to address climate change are not preventing extinctions and are not being honest. It’s time to stand up.’
Wayne Gipters, a 58 year old IT project manager and analyst, added, ‘We must stop the wanton destruction of our irreplaceable forests and oceans. I can’t believe we are way into the 21st century and still losing the beautiful natural habitat of so many species. People need to act now to change our ways.’
Swifties win
There was also a win for the Bob Brown Foundation in the Tasmanian Supreme Court yesterday, with the suspension of a Forest Practices Plan and restraint on any forest practices in the logging coupe KD022C in Southern Tasmania.
The Bob Brown Foundation says this is the first of many cases that will be rolling out to challenge the logging practices in the state. The foundation’s successful application for an injunction on the logging of swift parrot breeding forests in KD022C is in place now, pending determination of the substantial case.
‘Logging commenced in October 2023 and was destroying swift parrot breeding habitat with the parrots present and our case is that this is illegal,’ said a statement from the BBF.
“Gabby Knox, Mae Woodruff, Gordon Cuff, Susie Aulich, Riley Wilcox, Fiona Gipters, Jenny Fitzgibbon and Wayne Gipters”, what wonderful people!
Why is our government evil ?
I know how susceptible people are to bribery and corruption, but it goes much further than that.
It seems to me that these fools in power, derive great satisfaction from the wanton destruction of our planet, it seems their tiny egos feed on the misery they are responsible for. I suppose it is akin to those maggots who infest the RFS and spend their time lighting fires, in order to appear relevant.
The police are, as ever, the stormtroopers fire hire to protect the evil industries from the just outrage of ordinary citizens.
Cheers, G”)
Magnificent native forests tuned into a clear felled wasteland, showing just how stupid governments can be.
Lock them up and throw the key away, do society a big favour. The woke lefty greens emotions are getting the better of them, don’t worry about the facts, just protest. Pathetic lot…
So the judge in the above article who protected forest coupe KD022C from logging because it is essential breeding habitat for the survival of the already Critically Endangered Swift Parrot is just “a woke emotive lefty green” eh?
Get over yourself. You really do post some nonsense with no comprehension of any issues. Just see something you can label woke lefty green & go off your head. Better watch your blood pressure
N. See (Ansy), my blood pressure is fine however I can’t say the same for you, every time I state some facts your head nearly explodes. Maybe a good old protest may ease your emotions, sit around with your like minded crony’s and tell green stories while disrupting a viable legal industry. Don’t let the fact that it is a highly regulated industry that is monitored interrupt your protest, funny how we always get the lefty one side of the story, everyone else is busy trying to make a living because they work, unlike the protestor rabble..
haha try phonetic pronunciation, it might with the spelling.
As for “state some facts”, you’ve never done that, opinions aren’t facts. The Donald is discovering that too. No matter how many times you splutter something doesn’t make it a fact. Facts are truths. Opinions are not. See the difference?
“Viable legal industry”? Let’s break that down…. how is operating operating at a loss despite the heavy subsidies “viable”? How is clearfelling a publicly owned resource “viable”? How is being unsustainable “viable”?
As for legal… well they’ve been granted highly questionable exemptions from every law governing every other industry & activity in the country. Not only is it disgraceful, it’s bordering on corruption.
Your “highly regulated industry” was found to have breached those pissweak regulations over one thousand times last year alone.
A dictionary might help