Activists take action “In Defence of Ancient Forests”
Last Hours | 26.01.2009 14:55 | Climate Chaos | Ecology
Early this morning 15 activist under the banner of “In Defence of Ancient Forests” gathered outside the Australian High Commission, Australia House in London to protest the logging of old growth trees in Tasmania.
Banners hung from trees read “End Old Growth Logging Now” and “Save Tasy Rainforests”
There where unnecessary amounts of police in the area but no arrests.
A copy of the World Heritage Crisis Report detailing logging in Tasmania has been handed to the Environment Minister.
Banners hung from trees read “End Old Growth Logging Now” and “Save Tasy Rainforests”
There where unnecessary amounts of police in the area but no arrests.
A copy of the World Heritage Crisis Report detailing logging in Tasmania has been handed to the Environment Minister.
In 2008 Last Hours published an article titled The Story of the Upper Florentine Blockade (
http://www.lasthours.org.uk/archive/interviews/the-story-of-the-upper-florentine-blockade/)featuring a first hand account of one of the blockades aiming to stop logging in Tasmania. Since the article was published police have raided the camp. There where 32 arrests made (see report http://www.huon.org/mediareleases/media14109.html).
For more information visit www.huon.org and www.stillwildstillthreatened.org
Visit www.lasthours.org.uk
http://www.lasthours.org.uk/archive/interviews/the-story-of-the-upper-florentine-blockade/)featuring a first hand account of one of the blockades aiming to stop logging in Tasmania. Since the article was published police have raided the camp. There where 32 arrests made (see report http://www.huon.org/mediareleases/media14109.html). For more information visit www.huon.org and www.stillwildstillthreatened.org
Visit www.lasthours.org.uk
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