ACTIVIST REMOVED FROM FORESTRY TASMANIA'S 'AXE WHACKER' AND ARRESTED LATE THIS MORNING AS FIVE TREE SITTERS PERCH HIGH IN THE CANOPY OF THE UPPER FLORENTINE VALLEY.
A female forest activist was cut off an 'axe whacker' and arrested late this morning. Five forest defenders are still perched on tree sits high in the canopy of the Upper Florentine Valley's old growth forests. Forestry Tasmania workers have resumed roading late this morning, with activists raising critical concerns about the operation of machinery within 5 metres of the tall eucalypts occupied by tree sitters. Tasmania Police have directed activists staying at the vigil camp on Gordon River Road to leave the area for 24 hours.
"Right now, Forestry Tasmania are ripping apart the ancient forests of the Upper Florentine Valley with this devastating roading operation. We are continuing to call on David Bartlett and Peter Garrett to stop pandering to the interests of an unsustainable logging industry propped up by taxpayers dollars and put an immediate halt to these disgraceful operations" said Ula Majewski, Still Wild Still Threatened spokesperson.
Updates will continue during the day.
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