Oct 26 2012
Nineteen international organisations and individuals have recently sent a letter to the Japanese corporate customers of Ta Ann. The letter stated their concern about the role that Japanese companies are playing in the consumption of Ta Ann’s timber products, which are sourced from high conservation value forests in Tasmania, Australia and unsustainable forest operations in(…)
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(…)
Sep 5 2012
The Forest Industries Association of Tasmania (FIAT) and the national forest industry representative group, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), have both suspended their participation in the forests peace process. Yet Ta Ann Tasmania is reliant on the delivery of a forests agreement to maintain markets access. Customer companies in Japan are well aware of the(…)
Aug 29 2012
We regularly send update reports to Ta Ann’s Japanese customer companies about the latest on Tasmania’s forests. Unbelievably, the news that we communicate with people who have the power to help save these magnificent places has been treated as a scandal by supporters of logging, warranting an accusatory article in Hobart’s Mercury newspaper. Ta Ann’s(…)
