NEW TREE SIT ERECTED IN THE UPPER FLORENTINE AS FOREST DEFENDER LOCKS ON TO THE 'AXE WHACKER'.
Early this morning, a new tree sit – the 'Scales of Injustice' – was erected in the Upper Florentine Valley and a forest defender locked onto a feller-buncher machine, colloquially known as an 'axe whacker'. A blockading structure has been set up across Forestry Tasmania's new road. This structure is attached to both the 'Scales of Injustice' and the 'Lungs of the Land' treesit, where an activist has been perched since Monday morning's raid by police.
Over the last two days, Forestry Tasmania has pushed through up to 3km of roading through the old growth forests of the Upper Florentine Valley. These operations have been halted this morning.
"We are calling again on Minister Garrett and Premier Bartlett to put an immediate halt to the devastation and woodchipping of our globally renowned old growth and high conservation value forests. The taxpayer funded destruction of our precious forests is an absolute disgrace" said Ula Majewski, spokesperson for Still Wild Still Threatened and Triabunna 13 defendant.
Peaceful actions will continue in the Upper Florentine Valley, leading up to Sunday's mass rally for old growth, which will be held at the site.
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