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Tasmanian tree sitter launches Japanese awareness campaign

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 17/03/2012 - 9:57pm

March 13th Still Wild Still Threatened Press Release Today Still Wild Still Threatened spokesperson Miranda Gibson is launching a campaign in Japan. Miranda Gibson has been living at the top of a tree, known as The Observer Tree, since December 14 2011 and her action has received international attention.

The innovative campaign to outreach the Observer Tree to the people of Japan will raise awareness of the threatened forests of Tasmania.

Geography: 
Tasmania
Keywords: 
Logging
logging Tasmania

The ObserverTree: tree sit in Tasmania going strong

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 19/02/2012 - 5:20pm

The ObserverTree is a platform situated 60m above the ground in an old-growth Eucalyptus Delegatensis tree, in the heart of Tasmania’s southern forests. On the 14th of December 2011 conservationist Miranda Gibson climbed a rope to the top of the tree and vowed to stay untill the forest is protected. Miranda’s upper canopy home is a tree under imminent threat, in a forest due to be logged any day now.

Geography: 
Tasmania
Keywords: 
logging Tasmania