21.05.09 Conservationists halt Logging in Tasmania's World Heritage Value Forest

"Conservationists have today halted logging in World Heritage Value forest in the Weld Valley. Two conservationists have this morning attached themselves to logging machinery, in ancient forest where people were evicted from a protest camp two weeks ago, " Huon Valley Environment Centre's Jenny Weber said.

"Logging in these ancient forests adjacent to the World Heritage boundary is a global tragedy. State and Federal Governments are ignoring recommendations by International bodies and concerns of the community and destroying a globally significant ecosystem. We are calling for an immediate moratorium in high conservation value forests and asking the Governments to address an environmentally and economically beneficial future for Tasmania by protecting these forests," Jenny Weber said.

"Tasmania's World Heritage Area needs to be extended as recognised by international experts to include these magnificent and irreplaceable forests. Instead they are being treated with contempt, wildlife habitat is decimated and the trees are sent to the woodchip mill," Jenny Weber said.