Still Wild Still Threatened were appalled at the desperate smear campaign mounted by Timber Communities yesterday on Parliament Lawns. The bogus photos of Camp Florentine mid-dismantling mislead the public and make a mockery of TCA's credibility.
After conservationists were forcibly evicted from Camp Florentine by Forestry Tasmania and Tasmania Police, dismantling of the protest camp began and all personal belongings, tools, and other camping equipment were returned to the rightful owners and the demolished building materials and infrastructure was all properly disposed of.
“The stunt on Parliament Lawns yesterday was a desperate attempt by Timber Communities Australia to take the focus off the disaster that is clearfell logging and recent job losses in the woodchipping industry due to the market downturn,” says Still Wild Still Threatened spokesperson, Natalie Keene.
“Still Wild Still Threatened asks how Forestry Tasmania, an arm of the Government, can give Timber Communities Australia, a lobby group, a crushed car removed from a protest site as propaganda to mislead and distract the public,” says Ms Keene.
“Clearfelling, and its spin-off practice aggregated retention, are draconian, third-world practices and woodchipping is an economically unviable industry laying waste to our ancient forests. Industrial scale logging and woodchipping has created a mess our of our pristine forests and the devastation of a clearfell is undeniable and irrevocable” says Ms Keene.
In late 2008 inspectors from the Derwent Valley Council investigated the OH&S of the protest site , approving the safety of all temporary dwellings and hygiene employed by the campers.
Camp Florentine is celebrating 3 years of standing up for the ancient forests of the Upper Florentine this week and a family picnic day will be held in the forest this Sunday, all are welcome.
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