21.04.10 Conservationists Fill Forestry Tasmania’s Atrium with Smoke

“Conservationists have turned the tables on Forestry Tasmania, filling their head office atrium with smoke.  Huon Valley Environment Centre is calling for an end to Forestry Tasmania’s waste disposal burns, they are unnecessary and unacceptable,” Huon Valley Environment Centre’s Spokeswoman Jenny Weber said.

 “Residents of the Huon Valley have been told to stay indoors, with their windows sealed, if they experience asthma. Forestry Tasmania unleashed huge clouds of smoke from their logging waste disposal burns over the weekend.  Every year in Autumn, these waste disposal burns terrorise Tasmania, it’s people, environment and wildlife,” Jenny Weber said.

 “Forestry’s burns are detrimental to the climate, with massive amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, and the significant loss of carbon from the logging and burning of Tasmania’s ancient forests.  Forestry Tasmania are one of the biggest climate vandals in Australia with their shameful logging practices,” Jenny Weber said.

 Our calculations have estimated that less than 6 coupes burnt in the Huon would have exceeded the Icelandic volcano in CO2 output.  The C02 output for the Icelandic volcano has been between 150 000 – 300 000 tonnes of CO2 per day.