ALERT: Australian Logging Tragedy: Ancient Old-Growth Turned to Paper
TAKE ACTION
Protest against Gunns of Tasmania goes global, ask business partners to divest from Gunns
http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=gunns
Tasmania, Australia's old growth forests are highly threatened by the woodchip industry, as ancient forests are reduced to throw-away paper products. On March 6th, outraged world citizens protested Gunns Ltd's destruction of old-growth forests, and their undermining of democracy, at Australian embassies and consulates in America, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom. Protestors wore tape over their mouths with the word "Gunns" printed on it to protest Gunns Ltd's continued attempts to use its wealth and power to crush dissent and silence its critics through the courts. Tasmania's iconic forests contain massive eucalyptus trees, some of the tallest hardwood trees in the world, and are home to many endangered species. Gunns Ltd exports over four million tonnes of native-forest woodchips each year, mostly to the Japanese paper industry, with more than 65% sourced from old-growth, high conservation value forests. This alert targets Gunns Ltd's business partners, with copies to the Australian embassies targeted by the street protests, asking that they divest themselves of investments in Gunns and end their involvement in old-growth logging. For more information and to take action now: http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=gunns
