Media Release
22 Jan 08

Tasmanian Activists highlight destruction in Far South Forest

In Southern Tasmania one activist is perched high in a treesit. Forest campaigners have halted destructive logging in a hidden pocket of old growth forest beneath Adamson's Peak, in Tasmania's Far South, high lighting the incursion of logging into unprotected wild areas.

This morning fifteen activists halted logging in coupe EP031E, a 50 hectare "clump clearfell", situated in the Peak Rivulet area; a hidden patch of spectacular tall old growth forests around 15 kilometers west of Dover.

"Wild old growth forests along the fringes of the Tasmanian World Heritage Area are being destroyed at an alarming rate. New roads and logging are being pushed into hidden pockets of old growth, such as the Peak Rivulet area," said Huon Valley Environment Centre Jenny Weber said.

"Tasmania is facing the rapid loss of high quality old growth forest landscapes, resulting in damage to threatened species habitat, carbon storage, water quality and aesthetic values,"  Jenny Weber said.

"The Peak Rivulet area contains a patch of old growth forest beneath the World Heritage area, Forestry Tasmania aims to log at least 15 coupes close to the boundary. These are forests with Tall