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Donate! Victorian Bushfire Information site Interesting
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Brown Mountain LATEST April 22 An ancient stand of 600(plus) year old forest has now been fully annihilated. Ready to be converted to a pulpwood plantation for the Japanese paper industry.
Below are some relevant links with comment and more images: MEDIA RELEASE East Gippsland's trees - older than America's discovery Thursday 2nd April 2009 Radiocarbon dating has confirmed that a recently logged old growth tree on Brown Mountain was growing before America was discovered. "This is a significant find and should now see the government value and protect all our remaining ancient forests - not just as natural relics but as ancient carbon stores", said Jill Redwood from Environment East Gippsland. "These mammoth trees have taken 6-800 years to grow and store their carbon - it takes an hour to cut them down. So much for claims of sustainability." "This finding is a key turning point in our understanding of the antiquity of forests. Two hundred years ago we had the excuse of ignorance - not any longer." "This particular Shining Gum (E. denticulata) that was cut down in January was relatively small but was still young when Joan of Ark lived. It's neighbouring trees, now stumps, could have been growing when Marco Polo sailed the oceans." EEG took the sample of wood from a stump after VicForests had clearfelled the age-old stand of trees. It was sent to the University of Waikato for radio carbon dating testing in February. "The results show there is a 68% chance that the age lies between 1435 AD and 1490 AD. "Mr Brumby promised to protect the last significant stands of old growth forest in 2006. Since then hundreds of hectares have been cut down. If this new discovery doesn't make our forests 'significant' and worth protecting, then what more evidence does Mr Brumby need?" For comment: Jill Redwood ph 5154 0145
‘Greenies’ and bushfires The lowest level of political opportunists have been blaming greens/Greens for the recent horrendous fires and even the tragic deaths. This is extremely offensive and distressing for many of the victims and their families and friends, who don’t have the ability to respond publicly. Bodies are still being searched for and the Royal Commission has barely begun, but the logging industry and their associates are abusing the national tragedy for their own profit. Words cannot describe the despicable lack of respect that shows to the dead, the missing and the injured. If you’re being bullied by anti-environment know-nothing - from Wilson Tucky to Germaine Greer [sorry Germaine, you and me are through] and Miranda string-up-the-greenies Divine, here’s a few pointers to help you argue your case. We are now experiencing a climate that was different from that of 5 or 10 years ago.. Prescribed burns are just one small ingredient of a much bigger and more complex picture. read on...
Wed 28th January 2009 ENDANGERED SPECIES DISCOVERED - 1pm: Media Conference - Senator Bob Brown and Environment East Gippsland. Environment East Gippsland has called for an immediate halt to logging at Brown Mountain, following the discovery of endangered species in the controversial area on the Australia Day weekend. They have obtained legal advice that the area should be set aside from logging. The discovery of threatened species in the controversial area of Brown Mountain in East Gippsland will now have to be confirmed by Government biologists this week. Under threat of arrest, volunteers carried out wildlife surveys in the old growth forests. Both professional and amateur surveyors discovered the presence of the threatened Orbost Spiny Crayfish, the endangered Sooty and Powerful owls and a large population of Greater Gliders. "The place is literally teaming with endangered species." said Jill Redwood from Environment East Gippsland. "The government and logging industry knows it is one of the most diverse and wildlife rich sites remaining unprotected, but refused to identify these animals before they started cutting down their habitat. We had to prove it." "Our legal advice is that the Minister has the power to halt logging while confirmation surveys are carried out. However, we have had no assurances from government that logging will cease meanwhile - destroying giant old owl and glider nesting trees every day it continues." "The great tragedy with the crayfish is that VicForests have already bulldozed very close to its rainforest creek edge destroying much of the buffer zone needed to protect it's habitat." "Before more threatened forest wildlife is destroyed the government must cease logging and cease arresting people for trying to protect these critical habitats." For comment: Jill Redwood 5154 0145
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