ACTION ALERT
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By Climate Ark & Forests.org, projects of Ecological Internet
http://www.climateark.org/ and
http://forests.org/ April 8, 2008
TAKE ACTION Australia's new "climate friendly" government preaches global forest protection for climate benefits internationally, while continuing to industrially clear its own native primary forests in Tasmania and elsewhere, and this unseemly hypocrisy must end
http://www.climateark.org/alerts/send.asp?id=australia_tasmania_climate
Australia continues to industrially clear their last native ancient forests, even as their government promotes forest protection internationally to combat climate change. Australia's new government led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has ratified Kyoto, appears genuinely committed to global climate change policy, and speaks often of how Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the world must protect primary forests to solve global climate change. Yet in an act of unseemly doublespeak, the country that is perhaps most impacted by climate change continues to log its last centuries old trees found in ancient forest ecosystems vital for holding both carbon and water. Why is forest protection a good idea internationally but not for Australia's much reduced and climate impacted natural habitats? Australia's new government must be called upon to stop their hypocrisy and end logging of their own old growth forests as a keystone response to climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem sustainability.
TAKE ACTION NOW:
http://www.climateark.org/alerts/send.asp?id=australia_tasmania_climate
DISCUSS ALERT:
http://www.climateark.org/blog/2008/04/alert_protest_australias_conti.asp
P.S. The South Korea alert to which you will be forwarded has been updated with nearly 100 more target emails. Please send that alert as well.
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ACTION ALERT UPDATE
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FOREST/CLIMATE ALERT!
Final Push Needed to Stop Australia's Tasmanian Ancient Forest Pulping for Throw-Away Paper Consumption
By Ecological Internet's Climate Ark,
http://www.climateark.org/ and Forest Protection Portal,
http://forests.org/ August 30, 2008
TAKE ACTION Gunns of Australia's controversial plans to build a huge pulp mill to make disposable consumer items largely from clearfelling ancients forests is close to failing, let us together make a final decisive push to warn off potential investors and environmental approvals and achieve its permanent withdrawal
http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=australia_tasmania_climate
Plans by Australian woodchip giant Gunns Ltd., to continue clearcutting of Tasmania's ancient forests to feed a massive new paper pulp mill, appear to be near final collapse. Gunns is scrambling to raise the cash needed to build the AU$2 billion pulp mill and to meet a looming federal government environmental approval deadline. Chief executive of Leighton Holdings, the proposed builder of the mill, has even stated the project is dead. Join us in supporting massive local protests, and calling upon Australia's Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to not extend the environmental approval process, and for the several European pulp interests to steer clear of funding the project or risk years of protest and conflict. Let's join together with local protests and ensure the Gunns pulp mill proposal is permanently withdrawn from consideration.
TAKE ACTION NOW:
http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=australia_tasmania_climate
DISCUSS THIS ALERT:
http://www.climateark.org/blog/2008/08/alert_final_push_needed_to_sto.asp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=logging
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ancient+forest
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=climateark.org
