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Subject: FORESTS ALERT: Australian Logging Tragedy as Ancient Old-Growth Turned to Paper


ACTION ALERT
Australian Logging Tragedy as Ancient Old-Growth Turned to Paper


By Forests.org, project of Ecological Internet, Inc.
October 5, 2005


TAKE ACTION
Gunns of Tasmania continues to destroy ancient forests while stifling dissent
Let their business partners know the era of old-growth logging is over

http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=gunns


While Gunns Limited of Australia and its shareholders enjoy record profits
from woodchipping Tasmania's ancient native forests, Gunns Ltd continues
with their third attempt at legal action against "ordinary Tasmanian mums
and dads" that dare to oppose their clear cutting of old-growth forests to
make paper, and who cannot afford legal representation. The company
accuses 20 critics - including a 60-year-old grandmother, the Wilderness
Society of Australia and Green Party leader Senator Bob Brown - of
disrupting its business through grassroots action and blackening its name
through "corporate vilification". Gunns Ltd is claiming damages of
AUS$6.3 million (USD$4.8 million).
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Tasmania’s old growth forests are
highly threatened by the woodchip industry, as ancient forests are reduced
to throw-away paper products. These iconic forests contain massive
eucalyptus trees, some of the tallest hardwood trees in the world, and are
home to many endangered species. Gunns Ltd exports over four million
tonnes of native-forest wood-chips each year, mostly to the Japanese paper
industry, with more than 65% sourced from old-growth, high conservation
value forests.
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This alert targets Gunns Ltd's business partners, asking
that they end their involvement in old-growth logging; and that they
condemn Gunns Ltd's use of coercion against peaceful protesters, lobbying
that the case be dropped. Having lost the public debate in Australia on
old growth forest protection, Gunns Ltd is now using its wealth and power
in an attempt to crush dissent and silence its critics through the courts.
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Call upon Gunns Ltd's major investors and customers to condemn ancient
forest logging while fully supporting the democratic right of communities,
NGO’s and politicians to peacefully oppose environmentally and socially
destructive ancient forest logging. For more information and to take
action now see: http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=gunns


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yeah its good to see something happening on this.

those buggers Gunns, have been raping mother earth of some of her most beautiful environments, and what for to turn the old growth big mumma trees into woodchips. Woodchips worth, next to nothing,,,, is it just me or does there seem to be an absolute rought taking place?