Thread: Heritage Tasmanian forest saved

Hi

I agree it seems that UNESCO were not sucked in by the lies!

Steve

Yay!

You're a douche bag Tony! IMHO of course.

Originally Posted by gusthedog

Yay!

You're a douche bag Tony! IMHO of course.

errrr....couldn't agree more.

Very good news! However, the UNESCO decision doesn't actually stop anything. It just makes it very clear that in their view (and in the view of the Australian and world experts who advised them), that the government was talking utter rubbish in its submission for delisting. It does make it more difficult for the government to justify allowing further destruction of our world class Tasmanian forest. It would require legislative instruments to overturn Australian law protecting world heritage places.

Cheers
KarlB

I could never understand why, after all the grief it took to get the current forestry agreement in Tasmania, that Abbott and his sawmiller mates ever thought it would have been a good idea to change it. Just dumb IMHO.

I am going to build myself a bushfire shelter, as these people that are applauding this stupid decision also believe that the understory shouldn't be burnt either.

There is more fuel on the ground now than what there was when the Aboriginals first arrived with their methods of firing the countryside to encourage fresh growth for their game.

I have been thorough plenty of bushfires to see the effect of a heavy fuel load, start burning on catastrophic days.

This decision will not end here as the boundaries have not been defined and they will now be pushing their agenda to stop all logging and the financiers of their organisation are rubbing their hands in glee.

Tell me that the money used to support these tree hugging organisations isn't from vested overseas interests, that control the logging for woodchip's and land clearing in other countries.

I feel for the Timber and Joinery workers that rely on harvesting minor species to earn their income. I might mount my radio installation tools on a display board to give to a museum, the tools I used to use to fit twoway radio's into Log truck's and log skidder's .
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Arthur you do know that the timber industry actually supports the Doha decision and wrote to them before the decision recommending it reject the Govt's application.

For once the Greenies, Conservationists and Timber Industry were in agreement.

Garry

Many people and specially Tasmanian are not aware that new paper pulp mill are built in countries where strict controls are in place to stop damaging the environment including rivers and that also they have to plant their own trees in land which it is nor suitable for crops.
While the greedy environmental vandals have trying to get the Tasmanian mill going again the big companies like UPM and Stora Enso- Arauco built new mills in Uruguay planting their own trees.
Stora Enso-Arauco have a full 1.3 million tonne capacity and on the top of the clean production of pulp they also will generate electricity for the city were the mill it is built.
An average of 3,200 and a peak of 6,000 workers were be employed during construction. About 500 people are expected to work at the mill. The mill is forecast to have a positive impact on Uruguay's GDP of 0.8% during construction and 2% when it is operating.
That was a lost for Tasmania due to the bad governments and industry management.

A clear example that being greedy and environment vandal does not bring success.