Conservationists from across the country have joined forces today, as
part of a national day of action against the continued logging and
burning of native forests. Conservation groups from Tasmania, Victoria,
Western Australia, New South Wales, Canberra and Queensland are taking
part in local actions to highlight the threats to biodiversity that
burning native forests for electricity will create.
In the midst of the election campaign, conservationists are calling on
both major parties to announce policy intervention to resolve the forest
crisis.
Photos from National Day of Action.
Top Left : Melbourne Top Right: Hobart
Bottom Left: Perth Bottom Right: Batemans Bay
In Hobart, conservationists from Still Wild Still Threatened and the
Huon Valley Environment Centre staged a protest outside Forestry
Tasmania's Melville Street headquarters. A giant toaster, representing a
forest furnace, popped out burnt endangered wildlife such as the
Tasmanian devil.
Two conservationists climbed onto the roof of the building and
displayed a banner saying "Don't Toast Our Wildlife - Ban Wood Fired
Power".
Community members also gathered outside Forestry Tasmania to sign
letters addressed to major parties calling for the protection of native
forests and the passage of legislation to ban burning native forests for
electricity.
