Jul 13 2012
This logging coupe, situated amongst the spectacular forests of Butlers Gorge, was meant to be in a moratorium many months ago. However, in recent months, Forestry Tasmania has pushed a brand new road through the Butlers Gorge wilderness to give the logging industry access to coupe BT011C. The question remains: why are Forestry Tasmania continuing(…)
Jul 3 2012
BT009D is a 72 hectare logging coupe in Butlers Gorge situated only 300 metres from the World Heritage Area boundary, and within the 430,000 hectares that should have been under a conservation agreement since August 2011. Yet sadly, like 42 other logging coupes, it was excluded. Logging continues right now in BT009D. This forest features(…)
Jul 3 2012
Right now one of Tasmania’s most significant tracts of tall eucalypt forest is being torn apart by logging machinery. Known as BT013A, this logging coupe in Butlers Gorge, Central Tasmania, was once a part of a pristine and untouched wilderness area. For months now, machinery and chainsaws have relentlessly devastated this forest and logging continues. This(…)
Apr 12 2012
