The massacre of Tasmaniaโs forests could be stopped at any time. Where are Australiaโs leaders?
".. I returned to the fernery and found it destroyed, razed to the ground. Splintered branches, fern fronds and its myriad of littler ferns were now smashed into the mud. The greater fern buttress was upturned and the top of it pulverised into the bulldozer tracks. Trees to the north were tagged with blue ribbons, perhaps indicating that a cameo area there will be spared. But the magnificent heart of the fernery has been eradicated for ever."
"The loggers have come under public surveillance. When they firebomb the area those trees are likely to burn too."
"At any time the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, or Tasmanian premier, Jeremy Rockliff, could stop this needless massacre of nature."
Bob Brown is a former senator and leader of the Australian Greens and is patron of the Bob Brown Foundation.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/30/the-massacre-of-tasmanias-forests-could-be-stopped-at-any-time-where-are-australias-leaders
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