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"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.
It prompted about 20 conservationists, including former Greens leader Bob Brown
to protest in the forest, about 100km from Hobart, on Tuesday.
The activists said the coupe included three stumps of
Eucalyptus regnans that
matched the tree on the truck. They said they had been recently felled, were
more than 3 metres in diameter and would have been hundreds of years old.
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."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
