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Mumbulla Mountain forest activist found not guilty

SFER Press Release: July 9th 2011 The Castle Matter –‘Its the Vibe of the Thing’: In Moruya Local Court on Friday Mr Ryan Castle was found not guilty on multiple charges of obstruction and damage. Mr Castle spent nearly 11 hours atop a twenty metre tripod in Mumbulla State Forest, north of Bega, to draw attention to the fact that Forests NSW were logging a gazetted Aboriginal Place unlawfully in April 2010.

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Tassie activists halt forest work over proposed Tamar pulp mill

SFER Press Release Twenty protesters stopped work in controversial high-conservation-value forests about 50km east of Launceston yesterday.
The protests came despite the peace negotiations between the forestry industry and environmental non-government organisations. The group Community Opposing Destruction of the Environment said the action was in response to forest facilitator Bill Kelty's statement last week that organisations must strike a deal on the Gunns Tamar Valley pulp mill or miss out on the permanent protection of 565,000ha of native forests.

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Launch of' International Year of the Forests' a Sham

SFER Press Release 21st March South East Forest Rescue has slammed the National Association of Forest Industries and the woodchipping industry, Forests NSW, Vic Forests and Forestry Tasmania for what they say is misuse of the UN International Year of the Forests logo on a website and reported NAFI to the UN. NAFI is the lobby group for Forests NSW, Vic Forests and Forestry Tasmania. The group say these public companies are the biggest destroyers of forests for woodchips in Australia.

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Valentine's Day – for the love of the forests

SFER Press ReleaseToday South East Forest Rescue have halted logging operations in Bodalla State Forest in the foothills of Gulaga Mountain, south of Narooma, and presented Forests NSW and the logging contractors with a Statement of Guarantee. The Statement of Guarantee sets out terms and conditions requiring Forests NSW to guarantee there will be no impacts on the environment as a result of the logging and to guarantee any logging Forests NSW and their authorised contractors undertake will not impact on the health and wellbeing of the citizens of New South Wales, being both present and future unborn generations. There are three machines attached by cable to a structure in a tree thirty metres off the ground, and an erected banner stating “Carbon Criminals”.

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Mumbulla protesters case dismissed

Two members of South East Forest Rescue who protested the illegal logging of a gazetted Aboriginal Place on Mumbulla Mountain, north of Bega last year, were acquitted yesterday when the case was dismissed. Anthony Whan and Scott Daines were in Bega Local Court yesterday. This follows two other cases with the same result.

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