ACTION ALERT /UPDATED & RE-RELEASED
Australian Logging Tragedy: Ancient
Old-Growth Turned to Paper
By Forests.org, project of Ecological Internet, Inc.
forests.org/
March 8, 2006
TAKE ACTION
Protest against Gunns of Tasmania goes
global, ask business partners to divest
from Gunns
forests.org/action/alert.asp
Tasmania, Australia's old growth forests are highly threatened
by the woodchip industry, as ancient forests are reduced to
throw-away paper products. On March 6th, outraged world citizens
protested Gunns Ltd's destruction of old-growth forests, and
their undermining of democracy, at Australian embassies and
consulates in America, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Protestors wore tape over their mouths with the word "Gunns"
printed on it to protest Gunns Ltd's continued attempts to use
its wealth and power to crush dissent and silence its critics
through the courts. Tasmania's iconic forests contain massive
eucalyptus trees, some of the tallest hardwood trees in the
world, and are home to many endangered species. Gunns Ltd
exports over four million tonnes of native-forest woodchips each
year, mostly to the Japanese paper industry, with more than 65%
sourced from old-growth, high conservation value forests. This
alert targets Gunns Ltd's business partners, with copies to the
Australian embassies targeted by the street protests, asking
that they divest themselves of investments in Gunns and end
their involvement in old-growth logging.
For more information and to take action now:
forests.org/action/alert.asp
Other Current Earth Action Alerts by Ecological Internet:
Oil Palm Threatens Indonesia's Rainforests and Orangutans
forests.org/action/alert.asp
Protect Europe’s Last Old-Growth Lowland Forest
forests.org/action/alert.asp
Panama Power Line Plan to Destroy Darien Gap Rainforest
forests.org/action/alert.asp
Send a Global Warning, Australia Must Ratify Kyoto Now
forests.org/action/alert.asp
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Australian Logging Tragedy: Ancient
Old-Growth Turned to Paper
By Forests.org, project of Ecological Internet, Inc.
forests.org/
March 8, 2006
TAKE ACTION
Protest against Gunns of Tasmania goes
global, ask business partners to divest
from Gunns
forests.org/action/alert.asp
Tasmania, Australia's old growth forests are highly threatened
by the woodchip industry, as ancient forests are reduced to
throw-away paper products. On March 6th, outraged world citizens
protested Gunns Ltd's destruction of old-growth forests, and
their undermining of democracy, at Australian embassies and
consulates in America, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Protestors wore tape over their mouths with the word "Gunns"
printed on it to protest Gunns Ltd's continued attempts to use
its wealth and power to crush dissent and silence its critics
through the courts. Tasmania's iconic forests contain massive
eucalyptus trees, some of the tallest hardwood trees in the
world, and are home to many endangered species. Gunns Ltd
exports over four million tonnes of native-forest woodchips each
year, mostly to the Japanese paper industry, with more than 65%
sourced from old-growth, high conservation value forests. This
alert targets Gunns Ltd's business partners, with copies to the
Australian embassies targeted by the street protests, asking
that they divest themselves of investments in Gunns and end
their involvement in old-growth logging.
For more information and to take action now:
forests.org/action/alert.asp
Other Current Earth Action Alerts by Ecological Internet:
Oil Palm Threatens Indonesia's Rainforests and Orangutans
forests.org/action/alert.asp
Protect Europe’s Last Old-Growth Lowland Forest
forests.org/action/alert.asp
Panama Power Line Plan to Destroy Darien Gap Rainforest
forests.org/action/alert.asp
Send a Global Warning, Australia Must Ratify Kyoto Now
forests.org/action/alert.asp
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Native Forest Council
PO Box 2190
Eugene, OR 97402
541.688.2600
541.461.2156 fax
web page: www.forestcouncil.org
DEFENDING LIFE, LAND & LIBERTY
* Honest & Fully Costed Accounting,
* Voices of Integrity, Hope & Reason
* Honest & Uncompromised Education, Advocacy & Litigation
* Real Protection for 650 Million Acres of Federal Land, Rivers & Streams
See for yourself at:
forestcouncil.org/learn/aer...index.html
Make your donation online now (call it in, or mail it to the address above):
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