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Trees of Life re Bh: Loggers operating in rainforests in north | operating at current capacity. The programs Queensland have threatened to shoot at heli- | are not expected to be fully operational until copters monitoring their activities in areas | timber stockpiles are exhausted, probably in proposed for World Heritage listing. The | April. Job creation schemes will include the flights were ordered by Federal Minister for | building of walking tracks in the forests, tour- the Environment, Senator Graham | ist information centres and road improve- Richardson, following reports that logging is | ments. Longer term projects include major § still being carried out in these areas. tree plantings and research. There is also evidence that loggers operat- io eh 7 ing onprivate land bordering (Cape ‘Fribtia- Qld Subsidises Logging tion National Park took over 100 logs fromthe | Consultant’s reports to Senator Richardson National Park during two illegal incursions. | contrast with timber industry claims that The same company was given permission by | 2,000 jobs would be lost and are believed to the Queensland government to continue log- | throw doubts on the value of the industry by ging in State Forest near the Bloomfield River | suggesting that the people of Queensland are despite a request from the Commonwealth to | effectively subsiding it. g cease work in the area. The consultants are said to have found that ; I-WF Li company faced possible fines of be- | the state government received royalties to- be ANS tween $500 and $1,000, while the revenue | talling $1.78 million in 1986-87. Taking into . from the illegally felled logs was expected to pe cnc salaries for 50 government eats, 55 New Mill Plan be from $50,000 to $100,000. The Cape | transport and maintenance costs, the State | A new plan revealed by the Forest and Forest Tribulation Park, home of several rare species | Government is obviously making a loss. Products Industry Council (FAFPIC) backed of wildlife, is considered one of the most im- by the A.C.T.U., calls for the planting of an portant in Australia, botanically and zoologi- Stop PRESS additional 523,000 ha. of softwoods and cally. In a new move using the World Heritage | 76,000haof hardwoods over the next 43 years In junction Denied Properties Conservation Act, Federal Parlia- | - and the establishment of 55 new pulp and ment has invoked laws unused since the Fran- | timber mills of world-sized standard. Chief Justice Mason of the High Courtrefused | klin Dam case, immediately making illegal The plan relies on opening up thousands to grant injunctions sought by the Queensland | any “killing, cutting down or damaging” of | of hectares of what is described as”marginal” Govt. to block Federal plans to seek World | any tree, construction of roads or tracks, or | farmland from northern NSW through to the Heritage listing for the forests. He cited sev- | excavation work in the Heritage-nominated | NSW south coast, north-eastern Victoria, eral reasons, among them the risk that World | area. south-eastern South Australia, and the south- Heritage values would be damaged if the A spokesperson said the Federal govern- | westcorner of Western Australia. The council injunctions were granted, as logging was due | ment is prepared to introduce special legisla- | claims the plan would enable Australia to to continue in April when the wet season ends | tion inthe nextsessionof Parliamenttoensure | move from the current forest products trade - before the outcome of the Commonwealth's | the ban if Queensland makes legal challenges | deficit of $107.4 billion to a trade surplus of application is known. to the logging bans = $340 million in the year 2030. An important factor in the decision was Reforestation is necessary to restore the Queensland's delay in seeking the injunc- massive areas of Australia which have been tions. It had known of the Commonwealth's denuded over the past century and any moves plans in June 1987 but had not commenced in this direction are a positive step. legal proceedings until December 23rd. But given the emotive media campaigns Queensland argued that the notion of FAFPIC is already using to sway public opin- environmental protection embraced the need ion towards logging, the development of 55 to protect human beings from loss of employ- futher mills would allow the industry to ment and consequential economic and social justify immediate and further devastation of damage. The Commonwealth is considering a our already limited resources for purely eco- compensation package worth up to $100 mil- nomic reasons. It's only as we reach the end of lion, involving a number of job creation our forest resources that forest industry schemes and long term reafforestation. groups are looking at replanting the forests Ravenshoe, where Senator Richardson that provide their livelihood. was physically attacked by protesting loggers, The Federal government must examine has been singled out for a special program to the forest industry’s past record and its atti- prevent job losses. The town is almost com- tude to our national heritage before making pletely dependent on logging and feared its any decision on the plan. Recent events show economy would be destroyed when World that the major motive in the industry’s current Heritage listing forced the mill to close. campaign is to maximise its profits, regardless Timber reserves held by the State Forest:y of the cost to the Australian people and therest Dept. would be opened up to keep the mill of the world = -GN. Trees of Life A OresEs— 6 Loggers operating in rainforests in north | operating at current capacity. The programs Queensland have threatened to shoot at heli- | are not expected to be fully operational until 4} copters monitoring their activities in areas | timber stockpiles are exhausted, probably in proposed for World Heritage listing. The | April. Job creation schemes will include the flights were ordered by Federal Minister for | building of walking tracks in the forests, tour- the Environment, Senator Graham | ist information centres and road improve- Richardson, following reports that logging is | ments. Longer term projects include major still being carried out in these areas. tree plantings and research. There is also evidence that loggers operat- ae 2 ing on private land bordering Cape Tribula- Qld Subsidises Logging tion National Park took over 100 logs fromthe | Consultant’s reports to Senator Richardson National Park during two illegal incursions. | contrast with timber industry claims that } The same company was given permission by | 2,000 jobs would be lost and are believed to the Queensland government to continue log- | throw doubts on the value of the industry by ging in State Forest near the Bloomfield River | suggesting that the people of Queensland are despite a request from the Commonwealth to | effectively subsiding it. 3 cease work in the area. The consultants are said to have found that ; \ Li company faced possible fines of be- | the state government received royalties to- : bs tween $500 and $1,000, while the revenue | talling $1.78 million in 1986-87. Taking into . from the illegally felled logs was expected to es salaries for SO government oie, 55 New Mills Plan be from $50,000 to $100,000. The Cape | transport and maintenance costs, the State | A new plan revealed by the Forest and Forest Tribulation Park, home of several rare species | Government is obviously making a loss. Products Industry Council (FAFPIC) backed of wildlife, is considered one of the most im- by the A.C.T.U., calls for the planting of an portant in Australia, botanically and zoologi- Stop PRESS additional 523,000 ha. of softwoods and cally. In a new move using the World Heritage | 76,000haof hardwoods over the next 43 years In junction Denied Properties Conservation Act, Federal Parlia- | - and the establishment of 55 new pulp and ment has invoked laws unused since the Fran- | timber mills of world-sized standard. Chief Justice Mason of the High Courtrefused | klin Dam case, immediately making illegal The plan relies on opening up thousands to grant injunctions sought by the Queensland | any “killing, cutting down or damaging” of | of hectares of what is described as”marginal” Govt. to block Federal plans to seek World | any tree, construction of roads or tracks, or | farmland from northern NSW through to the Heritage listing for the forests. He cited sev- | excavation work in the Heritage-nominated | NSW south coast, north-eastern Victoria, eral reasons, among them the risk that World | area. south-eastern South Australia, and the south- Heritage values would be damaged if the A spokesperson said the Federal govern- | westcorner of Western Australia. The council injunctions were granted, as logging was due | ment is prepared to introduce special legisla- | claims the plan would enable Australia to to continue in April when the wet season ends | tion inthenextsessionof Parliamenttoensure | move from the current forest products trade - before the outcome of the Commonwealth's | the ban if Queensland makes legal challenges | deficit of $107.4 billion to a trade surplus of application is known. to the logging bans = $340 million in the year 2030. An important factor in the decision was Reforestation is necessary to restore the Queensland's delay in seeking the injunc- massive areas of Australia which have been tions. It had known of the Commonwealth's denuded over the past century and any moves plans in June 1987 but had not commenced in this direction are a positive step. legal proceedings until December 23rd. But given the emotive media campaigns Queensland argued that the notion of FAFPIC is already using to sway public opin- environmental protection embraced the need ion towards logging, the development of 55 to protect human beings from loss of employ- futher mills would allow the industry to ment and consequential economic and social justify immediate and further devastation of damage. The Commonwealth is considering a our already limited resources for purely eco- compensation package worth up to $100 mil- nomic reasons. It's only as we reach the end of lion, involving a number of job creation our forest resources that forest industry schemes and long term reafforestation. groups are looking at replanting the forests Ravenshoe, where Senator Richardson that provide their livelihood. was physically attacked by protesting loggers, The Federal government must examine has been singled out for a special program to the forest industry’s past record and its atti- prevent job losses. The town is almost com- tude to our national heritage before making pletely dependent on logging and feared its any decision on the plan. Recent events show economy would be destroyed when World that the major motive in the industry’s current Heritage listing forced the mill to close. campaign is to maximise its profits, regardless Timber reserves held by the State Forest:y of the cost to the Australian people and therest Dept. would be opened up to keep the mill of the world = -GN. Qld Subsidises Logging STOP PRESS Injunction Denied