In 2006, a group of grassroots environmental activists representing forests and communities in Southern Tasmania joined together in recognition of the continuing threat to Tasmania’s ancient forests. Since this time the Still Wild Still Threatened (SWST) campaign for Tasmania’s Southern Forests has garnered significant attention and dramatically raised the public profile of forests such as the Styx, Weld, and Upper Florentine.
SWST advocates for the immediate formal protection of Tasmania’s precious Southern Forests using a combination of political and corporate lobbying, community education, research, exploration and frontline direct action. We also promote the creation of an equitable and environmentally sustainable forest industry in Tasmania. Protecting Tasmania's ancient forests: a real climate change solution.
We are pleased to announce the release of the "Flora and Fauna Guide to the Upper Florentine Valley." This field guide, by Miranda Gibson and Lily Leahy, presents over 50 full-colour pages detailing the amazing plant and animal life you will find in the Upper Florentine, including plants, trees, ferns, fungi, birds, mammals and insects.
You are invited to attend the book launch.
Thursday February 11th, 5:30pm.
Hobart Book Shop (22 Salamanca Square).
Featuring: Music, art exhibit and speakers.
Speakers include: Dr Peter McQuillan (Senior Lecterer, UTAS), Margaret Cashman Bails (local bird enthusiast) and Alan Lesheim (Photographer).
Books will be on sale for $15 and will be available from Hobart Bookshop and can also be ordered directly from stillwildstillthreatened@gmail.com
Today, Still Wild Still Threatened released research results which show Tasmania's giant eucalypts are considerably older than was previously thought. Radiocarbon dating tests carried out on wood from a Styx Valley tree reveal an age of between 500 and 600 years old.
Styx Valleytimeline
A forest campaigner taking a sample of wood from the ancient eucalypt.
