Letters and Articles published on Victorian Forest Issues - 1/1/2004 to
present day 
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last updated 10 January 2004
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Forestry myths |
Luke Chamberlain, Kensington |
The Age (article) |
Kate Carnell, of the National Association of Forest Industries, needs to be corrected on a few points she made in her letter (8/1) about clear-fell logging in Tasmania. Her claim that one-quarter of Tasmania is old-growth forest and that 86per cent of this is protected is simply untrue. Approximately 15 per cent of Tasmania is old-growth forest. Only half of this is protected in formal reserves. Of Tasmania's original old-growth forests, 82per cent is now gone. |
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Battle for the bush begins in the city |
Anon |
The Age
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Conservationists will step up their campaign to protect
Victoria's old-growth forests, setting them on a collision course with
loggers. The first phase was yesterday's showing in Melbourne's Federation
Square of a 70-metre banner, pictured left, depicting a giant mountain ash. The Wilderness Society said yesterday
action was being planned to stop logging in East Gippsland, which it claims
has been overlooked by the State Government. |
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Oldgrowth
logging must stop |
Peter Campbell |
Not published (sent to The Age) |
Kate Carnell (Letters 8/1) stretches credibility with her claims about the viability and economics of the native forest logging industry. Government figures show that in Victoria, only 2 percent of timber logged from native forests is furniture grade, while over 80 percent is low-value woodchips. The logging industry’s mantra of clearfell logging and destroying native forest is wearing very thin |
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Anti-forestry propaganda |
Kate Carnell, executive director, National Association of Forest Industries |
The Age (article) |
Christopher Bantick (Opinion, 2/1) has given your readers a one-sided view of forestry in Tasmania. He has really done no more than recite the false litany peddled by radical anti-forestry groups. They would have you believe that old-growth forest is rare and endangered. In fact nearly a quarter of Tasmania's land area is covered in old-growth forest. The State Government has now protected 86 per cent of it. |
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6/1/2004 |
Unique forests |
Bruce Henry, Moonee Ponds |
The Age (article) |
I thank Christopher Bantick for his thoughtful article "Stop logging in the Styx" (Opinion, 2/1). I visited the Styx Valley and other Tasmanian beauty spots as a tourist in 2002 and was amazed at the beauty and grandeur of these unique forests. We were shown an old-growth stand adjacent to an area that had been clear-felled, and the contrast was staggering. The idea of cutting most trees, but leaving some of the giants, seem misguided. These trees belong in a complete ecosystem. |
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Stop logging in the Styx |
Christopher Bantick |
The Age (article) |
Tasmania harvests its old-growth forests at great cost to the environment and the island's heritage, says Christopher Bantick. Tasmania is a desirable holiday destination. The Hobart waterfront around New Year is the place to be. There is the internationally renowned food and wine fair, Taste of Tasmania, not to mention the partying by the crews of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. It is Tasmania at its best. |