KEY OLD GROWTH SAVED IN TASMANIA BUT THE FIGHT CONTINUES
I got this e-mail today, HAD to post it.
"With the voices from more than 15,000 Cyberactivists, the 400-year-old giant tree that we sat -in for five months has been protected. However, logging and clear cutting of old growth forests will still continue under this agreement despite the Australian people's desire to see the rapid phase out of old growth logging. Japanese markets still have the responsibility to take measures to avoid buying ancient forest destruction." Greenpeace Japan volunteer activist, Sakyo Noda.
In November, 2003, Greenpeace launched the Global Rescue Station in the Styx Valley of Tasmania, Australia to protect the world's tallest hardwood tree and the forest biodiversity. Greenpeace activists, including Sakyo Noda, sit-in at the Global Rescue Station for five months called on - international markets to take actions to protect the Tasmanian Old-growth forests. Also, you acted as a cyber-activist to - demanded that the Japanese paper market stop buying Tasmanian ancient forest destruction.
After the pressure and actions, recently the Australian Government has agreed to protection for some of the world's tallest hardwoods, the giant "Eucalyptus Regnans." Without the work of Greenpeace, other organizations and your action, these trees were all marked for being cut.
However, old growth logging in the state has not been phased yet and will continue at the rate of 2600 hectares per year. There is still more that remains to be done.
It is still important for customers, in the international market place, to know that the fight to protect the old growth forests of Tasmania is not over yet despite the Australian Government's announcement. The customers involvement in this problem, by demanding products that continue to drive the destruction, will be noted by Greenpeace and other groups.
THE DEAL - THE GOOD AND THE BAD
The deal on Tasmanian forests announced by Prime Minister Howard means the following:
"With the voices from more than 15,000 Cyberactivists, the 400-year-old giant tree that we sat -in for five months has been protected. However, logging and clear cutting of old growth forests will still continue under this agreement despite the Australian people's desire to see the rapid phase out of old growth logging. Japanese markets still have the responsibility to take measures to avoid buying ancient forest destruction." Greenpeace Japan volunteer activist, Sakyo Noda.
In November, 2003, Greenpeace launched the Global Rescue Station in the Styx Valley of Tasmania, Australia to protect the world's tallest hardwood tree and the forest biodiversity. Greenpeace activists, including Sakyo Noda, sit-in at the Global Rescue Station for five months called on - international markets to take actions to protect the Tasmanian Old-growth forests. Also, you acted as a cyber-activist to - demanded that the Japanese paper market stop buying Tasmanian ancient forest destruction.
After the pressure and actions, recently the Australian Government has agreed to protection for some of the world's tallest hardwoods, the giant "Eucalyptus Regnans." Without the work of Greenpeace, other organizations and your action, these trees were all marked for being cut.
However, old growth logging in the state has not been phased yet and will continue at the rate of 2600 hectares per year. There is still more that remains to be done.
It is still important for customers, in the international market place, to know that the fight to protect the old growth forests of Tasmania is not over yet despite the Australian Government's announcement. The customers involvement in this problem, by demanding products that continue to drive the destruction, will be noted by Greenpeace and other groups.
THE DEAL - THE GOOD AND THE BAD
The deal on Tasmanian forests announced by Prime Minister Howard means the following:
- 120,000 hectares of old growth has been protected with only 58,000 hectares in formal reserves. Much of the rest is in streamside, steep slopes and skylines that could never be cut under forest management rules. It was hoped that total of 240,000hectares would have been protected.
- In the North Styx valley, a key area where giant eucalyptus trees grow up to 90 metres, 4,210 hectares has been protected, including the coup where Greenpeace had occupied a giant tree called Gandalf's Staff for over five months. It was hoped that 18,700 hectares would have been protected.
- Clear felling will be reduced to 20% of all the old growth logging in Tasmania
- Important old growth forests in the North East of Tasmania (Blue Tier, Great Western Tiers, Ben Lomond) remains open to logging
Greenpeace Japan continues the work to call for Japanese paper markets to have a procurement policy for paper products that avoids buying ancient forest destruction. Through the Greenpeace activities, Fuji Xerox and Canon have stated their procurement policy on paper products .They now needs to implement this policy.
Please send your message to the Japanese paper companies to protect Tasmanian forests. Act now!
Well, and for those of u who want and CAN Support Greenpeace Japan
posted by Monicaatje at 11:31 p. m.
6 Comments:
I have seen this horrible sight every day in Nigeria from my child hood in the mangrove'd delta regions. Huge trees made to ashes or timber, for wood and charcoal, disappeared, transported overnight by water ways in exchange for a thick wad of bribed currency. An area where Greenpeace can't even reach, controlled by corrupted community chief's whose children ride Cadillac's in USA
sometime i think i must completely stop using fresh paper.
i had given this idea to the admin team, but no action.
sad to know that so many trees are being felled...what are we doing with our future????
Oh how i wish i could stop each tree tht is felled in the city for the heck of extending roads n all here...i just wish i could..
@jac: I know what u mean. There used to be a jungle in the south of Chile... used to...
One of the reasons I always say I don't like money... its power (or the value we humans give it, therefore power) reaches far beyond its first intended objective (making trading easier), and I think that' just wrong.
@ashish: Thanx for the visit :)
One of the things I've learned at the uni is that giving ideas is not of much use, u need to send them a pre-project or smth, cuz if u want smth done many times u have to do it urself :(
What r we doing to our future? shortening it's life and decreasing it's quality of life I fear :(
@Susmita: So do I, and also stop child labour, extermination of animals, etc. But most of all create a conscience at least in my community... in the mean time I'm a greenpeace cyberactivist... it may not be much but it's what I can do now.
@everyone: one of the things we can do now is send the e-mail to stop the cutting of trees in one place in the world. Maybe we'r not saving the entire world (of course we'r not), but it's better than nothing ;)
You know me and chikuado are always with ya on this
And I'm thankful for that ;)
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