Letters
and articles - July 22-28 2005
Gunns to move plantations to WA
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1423877.htm
Tasmanian
timber company Gunns Limited has confirmed it is spreading its
plantation
interests to the mainland. The timber giant is talking to the
Western
Australian Government about its long-term plans for eucalypt forests
in the
state.
Lennon rejects latest British MP's motion on Tas
forests
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1423070.htm
Tasmania's
Premier Paul Lennon has dismissed a motion made in Britain's
House of Commons
criticising legal action by the Tasmanian timber company
Gunns. British MP
Norman Baker's motion condemns the so-called Gunns 20 case
as an attack on
free speech.
UK motion condemns Gunns' law suit
Tuesday, July 26
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1422838.htm
A
motion has been tabled in the British Parliament criticising
Tasmanian
company Gunns Limited for taking legal action against forestry
campaigners.
Liberal Democrats environment spokesman Norman Baker is behind
the motion,
which also calls on Japanese paper companies to stop buying
woodchips and
paper made from Tasmania's old-growth forests.
Forestry
chief's Japan visit under fire
Monday, July 25, 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1421281.htm
Environmentalists
are bemused by Forestry Tasmania's latest efforts to shore
up its overseas
woodchip customers. Forestry chief Evan Rolley flew to Japan
yesterday,
vowing to set the record straight. Japanese paper company Nippon
is
considering submissions to a review of its policy for buying
old-growth
woodchips.
Forestry council makes submission to Japanese
paper group
Friday, July 22, 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1420430.htm
The
Forests and Forest Industry Council (FFIC) has made a submission to
Japanese
paper company Nippon Paper Group, saying the industry in Tasmania
is not
destructive. Nippon Paper Group is reviewing its policy on its raw
materials
supply.