TASMANIA´S FORESTS ACTIVISTS ATTACKED BY LOGGERS

FOREST ACTIVISTS ATTACKED IN THE UPPER FLORENTINE VALLEY, TASSIE

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WAR­NING ! THIS FOO­TA­GE CON­TAINS VERY COAR­SE LAN­GUA­GE AND SCE­NES THAT MAY BE DIS­TRES­SING

This mor­ning, a pea­ce­ful ac­tion by con­ser­va­tio­nists in the Up­per Flo­ren­ti­ne was tar­ge­ted by vio­lent log­ging con­trac­tors, with one ac­ti­vist ki­cked in the head and blo­cka­de in­fras­truc­tu­re at­ta­cked with a sled­geham­mer, se­riously en­dan­ge­ring two ac­ti­vists.This oc­cu­rred whi­le a Fo­res­try Tas­ma­nia em­plo­yee wat­ched on. "Mem­bers of the Tas­ma­nian com­mu­nity en­ga­ged in le­gi­ti­ma­te pea­ce­ful pro­test in de­fen­ce of an­cient fo­rests should not be sub­jec­ted to this kind of vio­len­ce, nor should it be con­do­ned by Fo­res­try Tas­ma­nia em­plo­yees" said Still Wild Still Th­rea­te­ned spo­ke­per­son Ula Ma­jews­ki. "Due to the car­bon-​sto­ra­ge va­lue of this fo­rest, the con­ten­tious na­tu­re of this log­ging ope­ra­tion and to­day's vio­len­ce, Still Wild Still Th­rea­te­ned re­quests an im­me­dia­te ces­sa­tion of log­ging in coupe FO042E" Ula Ma­jews­ki said.

Full story here: http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2008/10/22/34071_tasmania-news.html

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