ACTIVISTS CALL ON FORESTRY TASMANIA TO GIVE UP THE MAPS AS TWO GIANT MONOPOLES ARE ERECTED IN THE FOREST AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE UPPER FLORENTINE HITS THE STRAND, LONDON
WHERE: FORESTRY TASMANIA. 79 MELVILLE ST. HOBART.
WHEN: MIDDAY TODAY
At midday, forest activists from Still Wild Still Threatened will bring their concerns regarding current operations in the Upper Florentine Valley straight to Forestry Tasmania's front door. The move comes as roading operations were halted again in the Upper Florentine this morning. A tree sit attached to two giant monopoles is currently halting gravelling operations in the valley.
International concerns over the destruction of the Upper Florentine were taken to the Australian High Commission in London yesterday, as concerned members of the British public and UK forest activists presented the Commission with a petition containing 1000 signatures. Activists draped banners across the front of the building situated on the Strand, a prominent central London location, reading END LOGGING NOW and SAVE TASMANIAS ANCIENT FORESTS.
"Forestry Tasmania's Steve Whiteley has been telling the Tasmanian public for several years that 90% of the Upper Florentine is unavailable for harvesting. Despite consistent requests from conservationists to be provided with maps and figures to support this assertion, no clear evidence has been forthcoming," Still Wild Still Threatened Spokesperson Christo Mills said.
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