“Forestry Tasmania says that it doesn’t log giant trees, yet every other week Tasmanians see giant single-log loads on the back of trucks, and concerned citizens find giant stumps in public state forests,” Hardinge said. “Citizens should not have to do the government’s surveying work for them.”
Cutting down centuries old growth forests for profit.. that's radical. Not the people trying to save them.
Jesus fucking Christ that’s terrible
Human greed is the worst thing this planet has ever produced.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Pictures of a massive, centuries-old tree on the back of a logging truck in Tasmania have sparked calls from environmentalists for Anthony Albanese to visit the area to see damage being inflicted on native forests.
A community member on Sunday recorded images of the large tree, which filled the width of the truck, being taken from a logging coupe in the Florentine Valley.
The Wilderness Society said citizen scientists surveyed the area earmarked for logging earlier this year and found another 49 trees more than 2 metres in diameter.
The future of native forest logging is an issue of focus for the Labor party ahead of its national conference in Brisbane this week.
She said the logging plan included a “prescription to minimise impact to live trees greater than 2 metres diameter at breast height where it is operationally safe to do so”.
Alice Hardinge, a campaigner with the Wilderness Society, said citizen scientists working with the organisation found the forest in the coupe had high conservation values, including being prime habitat for hollow-tree dependent species such as the endangered masked owl.
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Yes, unsafe for their wallets if the trees are left alone
Disgusting
truly disgusting
estimated to be hundreds of years old
Amazing
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