Call on Labor to protect forests and wildlife

Right now, spectacular karri and jarrah forests rich with birdsong, ancient trees, wildflowers and an incredible variety of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth are being bulldozed, chopped down and burned.

Carbon dating has shown that logs from trees between 400 and 600 years old are being trucked directly to woodchip and firewood processing plants.

Rare and critically important nesting hollows that only form in very old trees are being destroyed, threatening Forest Black Cockatoos and other wildlife with extinction.

Forests For Life sets out a comprehensive plan for the south-west and leaves no doubt that the transition ...

Right now, spectacular karri and jarrah forests rich with birdsong, ancient trees, wildflowers and an incredible variety of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth are being bulldozed, chopped down and burned.

Carbon dating has shown that logs from trees between 400 and 600 years old are being trucked directly to woodchip and firewood processing plants.

Rare and critically important nesting hollows that only form in very old trees are being destroyed, threatening Forest Black Cockatoos and other wildlife with extinction.

Forests For Life sets out a comprehensive plan for the south-west and leaves no doubt that the transition of the timber industry into plantations and farm forestry and the protection of the south-west forests is the way forward for our forests, wildlife and communities.

Labor has a strong record on forest protection and made very important commitments in the lead-up to the State election in March 2017 to ‘Immediately conserve High Conservation Value forests’ and ‘Move to complete the transition of the native forestry industry’.

We are calling on the McGowan Government to act urgently to take up the win-win opportunities that Forests For Life sets out, and to secure the future of the south-west forests, wildlife and communities.

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High Conservation Value forests are worth far more protected for the long term than they are logged. Every year 85 – 90 per cent of the wood sold from our native forests becomes woodchips, firewood, charcoal and mill waste. This is a shocking waste of the world’s only jarrah and karri forests.

Labor has a strong record on forest conservation in WA but the job is not finished. Much has changed over the past 16 years since the Gallop Government’s policy to protect ‘old-growth’ forests was implemented in 2001. Unfortunately the definition of ‘old-growth’ has been corrupted so that forests that meet the ecological definition of old growth are being excluded from protection. Karri forests like Lewin near Manjimup and Barrabup and Helms near Nannup do not meet the criteria now used to identify old growth and are on the chopping block in spite of their very high conservation value.

I support the forest commitments that the ALP made in the lead-up to the March 2017 State election.

The commitments to ‘Immediately conserve High Conservation Value forests’ and ‘Move to complete the transition of the native forestry industry’ are critically important and I am writing to request your active support in ensuring that they are acted on urgently.

Please take the necessary steps as my representative in Parliament to ensure that all HCV forests are immediately protected in line with Labor’s forest promises.

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