Sep 25 2012
From Markets for Change & the Huon Valley Environment Centre … Treachery to the forests – secret letters exposed Prominent environmentalists in Tasmania have accused two environment groups of selling out the forests by secretly undermining the market campaigns of fellow conservationists in Japan and Australia with letters to Ta Ann’s corporate customers. “This act(…)
Sep 25 2012
We are appalled by the revelation of recent communications from the Australian Conservation Foundation and The Wilderness Society to Japanese customers of Ta Ann Tasmania. Two letters have been sent in secret, both requesting that the Japanese continue to buy Ta Ann product originating from Tasmanian native forests, despite the fact that the wood supply(…)
Aug 22 2012
An expose on Ta Ann was broadcast last night on SBS Dateline, Australia’s longest-running and multi-award winning international current affairs program. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Mq-0p1hDg?rel=0&w=590&h=332] The Last Frontier, which can be viewed above or in two parts HERE and HERE, was the first time a mainstream investigative media story was presented on the links between Tasmania and(…)
Aug 20 2012
There has been continuous logging in forests across Tasmania that were earmarked for protection and which have been independently verified as being of world heritage or national heritage value, despite promises of a comprehensive moratorium on logging these high conservation value forests whilst their long term future is negotiated. During July, we launched a new(…)
