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| Media Release 13 August 2007 Tasmania’s Southern Forests Defenders halt logging in Arve Valley “Two forest defenders in Tasmania’s Southern Forests have this morning halted operations in an Arve Valley clearfell. Today’s action is to highlight the value of natural forests in mitigating climate change and the enormous ecosystem loss that occurs with clearfelling Tasmania’s ancient forests,” Huon Valley Environment Centre spokesperson Jenny Weber said. “Two activists are occupying treesits suspended from machinery in a giant 83 hectare Arve Valley clearfell,” Jenny Weber said "Australian and international research proves that logging mature and old growth forests , and converting them to managed regrowth, leads to massive carbon emissions," said spokesperson Jenny Weber. "Australian experts have recommended preserving older, natural forests as a practical and cost effective means to mitigate the effects of climate change. Preserving existing old forests is now seen as more effective than growing new trees or plantations." Jenny Weber said. “We call on the Federal and State Governments to end the large scale land clearing that is robbing Tasmania of it’s natural landscapes. If the fast track chemical and pulp mill continues, it will be a disaster for the future of Tasmania’s old growth tall forests,” Jenny Weber said. Contact Jenny Weber 0427 366 929 |