The image of a giant tree being driven through the centre of Hobart has renewed calls for Tasmania’s logging laws to be changed.The image of a giant tree being driven through the centre of Hobart has renewed calls for Tasmania’s logging laws to be changed.A photo of a centuries-old tree on the back of a truck being driven through the centre of Hobart has prompted fresh calls for laws to be changed to protect Tasmania’s native forests from logging.
Protesters have blocked logging in an area near Kermandie, south of Hobart, that scientists say has large trees that could be used for nesting byThey locked themselves to a gate entering the logging area on Friday and again on Monday morning, temporarily forcing work to stop. 2023 in Tasmania. Another ancient tree killed & carried through Hobart two nights ago. Native forest logging must end now so these trees & their surrounding ecosystems stay intact. Taxpayers fund this destruction + logging causes global heating + extinction rates soar.