Climate protector and forest protester Violet CoCo, along with other forest defenders, is this morning defending swift parrot, masked owl and Tasmanian devil habitat in the Waykaywirinu/Central Highlands of Tasmania.
The Bob Brown Foundation says this is Palawa/Pakana Aboriginal land, that has been nurtured and protected for tens of thousands of years, and is now being decimated by Forestry Tasmania.
Violet CoCo has attached herself to a logging machine in an active logging coupe near Horne’s Dam.
Bob Brown Foundation says it has carried out multiple forest protests during the federal election campaign to highlight the critical need to end the archaic practice of clear-felling and incinerating forests native forests.
‘This is a beautiful and essential ecosystem. I am devastated how much we will lose if we do not act now,’ said Violet CoCo.
‘I am here to do more than vote. I know that we must put our body where our politics lie. End Native Forest logging at the source. Join us.’
Heartbreaking destruction
‘Each and every Tasmanian should feel obligated to stand against unjust laws that allow for the government-subsidised destruction of our fragile ecosystems,’ said Cody, a Wuratji Truwalata/Palawa activist.
‘Even if the native forest logging industry was able to turn a profit and no longer relied on taxpayer money to operate, it would still not justify this shameful destruction of our Country – it’s heartbreaking,’ he said.
‘Native forest logging is having a direct and damaging impact on global heating and killing wildlife while removing their crucial habitats,’ said Jenny Weber, Campaigns Manager at Bob Brown Foundation.
‘We are living in a climate and extinction emergency, and yet politicians insist on exacerbating it by logging critically important forests.’
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