Labor’s decision to extend contracts for native forest logging until 2040 is shocking. We are the midst of a climate crisis with threatened species hurtling towards extinction.
Lutruwita/Tasmania is meant to be the clean and green state, but it’s 2024 and we’re still logging native forests. Now we have Liberal and Labor politicians promising to continue the destruction until 2040.
When native forests are logged, critical habitat for threatened species is destroyed. When the clearfelled remains are burned, millions of tonnes of carbon emissions are released in the infernos.
We’ve all seen the plumes of smoke after hot logging burns. Pictures of the charred remains of Tasmanian devils were a shocking reminder of the wildlife that also get torched as well.
Threatened species like the swift parrot and masked owl are being pushed to the brink of extinction as we lose these carbon rich forests. Continuing the status quo for another 15 years is a crime against nature.
Today we’ve had it confirmed, Liberal and Labor politicians are in this climate denial together. Any responsible government would be ending native forest logging, not locking it in until 2040.
This is why Tasmanians who care about climate action and protecting Tasmania’s forests need the Greens in Parliament. In a balance of power parliament, the Greens will fight to protect these critical carbon stores and end native forest logging.
