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17.12.09 NEW DATA REVEALS STYX CARBON KINGS OLDER THAN FORESTRY TASMANIA CLAIM

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.

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A forest campaigner taking a sample of wood from the ancient eucalypt.