Direct actions to halt logging

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Direct actions to halt logging

By John Fraser

MELBOURNE — One of the most biologically significant forests in the world is being irreparably destroyed this summer.

Along with places like the Amazon and Sarawak, the ancient forests of East Gippsland in Victoria are among the last remaining reservoirs of biodiversity on the planet. They contain more than 300 rare and endangered species, huge trees, lush rainforests, climbing vines, threatened species habitat, unstudied areas and national sites of significance. Now they are being logged.

Help is needed in non-violent direct actions to halt the logging. A group of conservationists has chosen the Goolengook region of East Gippsland to blockade. It is a national site of significance and a threatened species habitat. Threatened species surveys and weed control, work that the government should be doing but isn't, will also be carried out.

For more information, contact the Goongerah Environment Centre on (035) 1540 156, the Wilderness Society on (03) 9670 5229 or Friends of the Earth on (03) 9419 8700.

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