A sample of wood being taken from a giant Eucalyptus regnans in the styx valley. The sample has been sent to Waikato University Radiocarbon dating laboratory to determine the age of the tree.
A sample of wood being taken from a giant Eucalyptus regnans in the styx valley, the sample has been sent to the University of Waikato radiocarbon dating laboratory to determine the age of the tree.
Cable logging operations in old growth forest in the Styx valley have come to a halt this morning. A conservationist has climbed 20m to the top of a cable logging machine and is positioned on a platform supported by ropes connected to other logging machinery. This is preventing operation of the cable logger.
Today's Styx Valley protest will be supported in Hobart by conservationists marking and walking the boundary of cable logging coupe TN045B. The coupe boundary, taken from Forestry Tasmania's maps, has been over layered on a map of Hobart and covers most of the CBD area.
The superimposed logging coupe includes Hobart waterfront at the beginning of Davey St, the top end of Salamanca Place, stretches past St David's Park and up to the Mercure Hotel on Bathurst St. Myer and Elizabeth St Mall fall in the center of the superimposed clearfell area. CLICK ON THIS LINK TO VIEW THE HOBART CLEARFELL.
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.
