http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/86/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2013/06/02/soil-carbon-sequestration-limited-in-mitigating-fossil-fuel-emissions-say-scientists <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Rebuilding soils through carbon sequestration and mitigating fossil fuel emissions sounds like a win-win solution all around. A reason the Liberal and National Parties in Australia adopted it as a major part of their 2010 Direct Action climate change policy. But a new international study by Australian and UK scientists said soil carbon programs while important, have many limitations, and provide too much false hope in mitigating emissions from fossil fuels.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/new-south-wales">New South Wales</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/queensland">Queensland</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria">Victoria</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/western-australia">Western Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/climate-change">climate change</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/carbon-sink">carbon sink</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/soil">soil</a></div></div></div> Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:28:20 +0000 takver 11158 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2013/02/26/premier-campbell-newman-opens-up-logging-destruction-in-queensland-native-forests <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> The Queensland Premier and Government have reopened logging in native forests with 2 million hectares of state forest being made initially available for environmental destruction. This will impact on habitat for endangered species, biodiversity and the huge <a href="http://takvera.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/forests-play-major-role-as-carbon-sink.html">carbon stores</a> locked up in mature forests. Mature forests also tend to hold more moisture and are <a href="http://takvera.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/intact-native-forests-mitigate-bushfire.html">less susceptible to bushfire</a>, and absorb more water during floods - providing a natural flood mitigation service, a natural service that is all the more needed with the <a href="http://www.climateimc.org/en/press-releases/2013/02/24/increases-extreme-rainfall-linked-global-warming">increase in rainfall</a> and <a href="http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/28/queensland-2013-bigwet-floods-tornados-and-climate-change">extreme whether events</a> with climate change. See <a href="http://indymedia.org.au/files/Qld_State_forests.pdf">Leaked Document (PDF)</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/queensland">Queensland</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Promotion:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/features">Feature</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/environment">environment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/logging">Logging</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/native-forests">native forests</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/premier-campbell-newman">Premier Campbell Newman</a></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:57:01 +0000 takver 9271 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2012/05/10/two-sides-to-the-debate-on-logging-forests-and-the-issues-that-concern-us-all <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>What are the issues affecting forestry, timber harvesting, the loss of habitats? Environmental Scientist, Dr Beth Schulz says logging is a crime against nature. Forester and Chair of the WA division of Foresters of Australia, John Clarke says anti-logging protestors have got it wrong and that Western Australia's regrowth forests are thriving. <i>Read the full article as the two sides of the forestry debate are presented</i></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/western-australia/perth">Perth</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/western-australia">Western Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Promotion:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/features">Feature</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/environment">environment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/logging-wa-0">logging WA</a></div></div></div> Thu, 10 May 2012 05:43:04 +0000 Gerry Georgatos 6025 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2012/04/16/harvey-norman-furniture-tagged-as-destructive-to-at-risk-native-forests <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> This week, Harvey Norman stores across Australia have been visited as part of an innovative marketing campaign to give customers the real story of where their new native forest furniture is sourced. </p> <p>The Last Stand has been campaigning to highlight the role Harvey Norman plays in the destruction of our native forests. Their native Australian furniture and flooring is sourced from high conservation value forests at risk in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.</p> <p>“If Harvey Norman won’t tell the truth to their customers we will” said Nicola Paris from the Last Stand. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/climate-change">climate change</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/logging">Logging</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/harvey-norman">Harvey Norman</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/the-last-stand">The Last Stand</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/culture-jam">culture jam</a></div></div></div> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:30:09 +0000 Anonymous 5791 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2012/02/29/tell-me-lies-pinocchio-joins-campaign-against-tassie-forest-destruction <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Bryan Green got a surprise this morning - the Deputy Premier of Tasmania was fresh off the plane from his much vaunted trade mission to China and Japan, selling out Tasmania's forests, and he was confronted with a huge walking, talking Pinocchio. The Last Stand crew got together with the Huon Valley Environment Centre and Code Green to give him a warm welcome back to Oz. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/climate-change">climate change</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/protest">protest</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/environment">environment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/logging">Logging</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/tasmania">Tasmania</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/ta-ann">Ta Ann</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/deputy-premier">deputy premier</a></div></div></div> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:37:37 +0000 Anonymous 5398 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2012/01/31/campaign-launch-stop-ta-ann-from-destroying-tasmanias-forests <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> TAKING THE ACTION ONLINE - <a href="http://taann.com.au/take-action-now/" rel="nofollow">http://taann.com.au/take-action-now/</a></p> <p>A new campaign targeting Ta Ann Tasmania and their ongoing use of Tasmanian high conservation value (HCV) forests launches today. Taan.com.au is a partnership between Markets for Change, Huon Valley Environment Centre and The Last Stand. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/climate-change">climate change</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/japan">Japan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/ta-ann">Ta Ann</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/tasmanian-logging-protest">Tasmanian Logging protest</a></div></div></div> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:16 +0000 Anonymous 5146 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/12/20/save-the-forests-save-warrup-arcadia-the-amazon-all-of-them <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><i>By Gerry Georgatos</i></p> <p>Bridgetown-Greenbushes Friends of the Forest (BGFF) are worried that the end is near for Warrup Forest. BGFF coordinated a Warrup Forest twilight rally - more of an information tour - on Saturday, 10 December for interested residents.</p> <p>70 people coalesced at the old Bridgetown railway station and then by a bus and car pools went into Warrup for the twilight event. Representatives of the Western Australian Forest Alliance (WAFA) and the Conservation Council (CC) were present.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/western-australia">Western Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Promotion:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/features">Feature</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/protest">protest</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/logging-wa">logging WA</a></div></div></div> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:40:00 +0000 Gerry Georgatos 4900 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/11/17/logging-east-gippsland-old-growth-forests-destroys-wildlife-refugia-in-a-warming-climate <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Environmental activists have been out in old growth Forests in East Gippsland this week attempting to stop more rape of our natural environment and protecting important refugia habitats for endangered species. Logging operations on Survey Rd on the Errinundra Plateau were <a href="http://www.indymedia.org.au/2011/11/14/tree-sit-stops-logging-in-old-growth-forest-on-the-errinundra-plateau-east-gippsland">halted by a tree-sit</a> attached to five logging machines and suspended 40 metres up in the tree canopy.</p> <p> "In the face of recent Baillieu government moves to weaken the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, conservationists have again taken their message to logging sites where important wildlife habitat continues to be logged for woodchips", said Ms Amelia Young, spokesperson for the conservationists of the <a href="http://www.goongerah.org.au/geco">Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO)</a> (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/GECOEastGippsland">Facebook</a>). </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria">Victoria</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/climate">climate</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/environment">environment</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/logging">Logging</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/biodiversity">biodiversity</a></div></div></div> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:41:21 +0000 takver 4642 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/08/06/call-for-immediate-native-forest-protection-in-protest-outside-state-labour-conference <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> 15 members of the community based direct action group Code Green have today staged a dramatic protest outside the state labour conference in Launceston. Two activists scaled 12m high flagpoles outside the Country Club Casino and unfurled a banner calling for the immediate placement of 572 000 ha of high conservation value native forest into formal reserves.</p> <p>“The current Heads of Agreement deal does nothing to ensure the formal protection of Tasmania’s unique native forests and only delivers a short term band-aid for a failed forest industry,”* Code Green spokesperson Ali Alishah said. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/tasmania">Tasmania</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/code-green">code green</a></div></div></div> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:17:58 +0000 Anonymous 3834 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/07/29/two-protestors-arrested-in-artec-woodchip-mill-shutdown <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Two female protesters from CODE GREEN have been released on bail from the George Town police station this afternoon after shutting down the Artec ancient forest woodchip mill facility at Bell Bay.</p> <p>Sarah Doornbusch 28, a veterinary support officer in Launceston and Dinah Too,21 studying furniture design at UTAS in Launceston were acting as environmental advocates for Tasmania's ancient forests. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/tasmania">Tasmania</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/woodchipping">woodchipping</a></div></div></div> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:19:48 +0000 Anonymous 3793 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/07/17/conservationists-arrested-protesting-logging-in-tasmania-and-sarawak-by-malaysian-company <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Conservationists have today participated in a protest on Hobart's wharf, where a vessel is being loaded for the Malaysian logging company Ta Ann. The protest highlights the ongoing loss of high conservation value temperate forests in Tasmania and the rapacious logging of tropical rainforests of Borneo and destructon of habitat for Orangutan and dispossession of the indigenous Penan people from their ancestral forests and lands.</p> <p> "Four conservationists have attached themselves to the vessel, we are participating in today's non violent protest to highlight the ongoing loss of high conservation value forests," Huon Valley Environment Centre's Jenny Weber said.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZIN9C07k0s">Youtube video</a> | <a href=" http://ow.ly/5Giky">Photos of the action</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/tasmania">Tasmania</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/climate-change">climate change</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/logging">Logging</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/malaysia">Malaysia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/penan">Penan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/ta-ann">Ta Ann</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/borneo">Borneo</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/sarawak">Sarawak</a></div></div></div> Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:59:55 +0000 takver 3710 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/07/16/forests-play-a-major-role-as-carbon-sink-say-scientists <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> The world's forests remove over one quarter of current annual human carbon emissions from the atmosphere each year, the equivalent of about 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon according to the latest published scientific research. An international team of scientists, including from the US Forests Service and the Australian CSIRO, have quantified the greenhouse gas carbon sink provided by the world's tropical, temperate and boreal forests.</p> <!--more--><p> </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/climate-change">climate change</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/carbon-capture">carbon capture</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/logging">Logging</a></div></div></div> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:32:24 +0000 takver 3703 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/01/25/forests-nsw-office-occupation-one-day-match-sefr-vs-forests-nsw <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/new-south-wales">New South Wales</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/climate-change">climate change</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div></div></div> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:45:27 +0000 Flowerpower 2506 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2010/07/26/conservationists-halt-logging-in-tasmanias-weld-valley <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> On sunday night fourteen forest activists walked into the Barnback Creek area in Tasmania's Weld Valley to protest continued logging of threatened old growth forests. At least one person is pole sitting locked on to forestry equipment.</p> <p> "Huon Valley Environment Centre is calling for an immediate end to logging of high conservation value forests, urgent protection is vital. We are loosing critical endangered species habitat and forests of immense value," Huon Valley Environment Centre's Jenny Weber said. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/tasmania">Tasmania</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Promotion:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/features">Feature</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/protest">protest</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/logging">Logging</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/weld-valley">weld valley</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/old-growth">old growth</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/gunns">gunns</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/woodchips">woodchips</a></div></div></div> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:48:20 +0000 Anonymous 1515 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2010/07/22/electionwire-on-youtube-young-australian-voices-on-the-2010-election <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Vibewire and YouTube team up on electionWIRE to bring fresh video reporting to the Australian federal election</p> <p>electionWIRE on YouTube is calling citizen reporters to report the election their way.</p> <p>It’s Election Time! The airwaves are buzzing with politics. Who will win? What do the parties and candidates represent? Who cares?</p> <p>Today, Vibewire Youth Inc announces the launch of electionWIRE on YouTube, a dedicated channel for young Australians to have their say and to report the news of the Federal election their way. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/climate-change">climate change</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/protest">protest</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/forests">forests</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/coal">coal</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/nt-intervention">NT intervention</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/direct-action">direct action</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/indigenous">indigenous</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/human-rights">human rights</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/environment">environment</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/energy">energy</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/aboriginal">aboriginal</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/politics">politics</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/julia-gillard">Julia Gillard</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/economy">economy</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/youth">youth</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/election">election</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/vote">vote</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/tony-abbot">tony abbot</a></div></div></div> Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:20:51 +0000 Anonymous 1483 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal