Wild Wielangta

Protecting Wielangta’s threatened species and diverse native forests

New Report on The Biological Conservation Values of Wielangta.

September 1, 2011 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

Welcome back to the Swift Parrots! They have returned in the last couple of seeks from their winter foraging on the big island. This year they return to a seemingly more stable future. With no new logging earmarked for the Wielangta area for the next 3 years.

About 18 months ago, after the moratorium of logging in swift parrot habitat had been declared we decided we needed a document that would provide an overview and summary of the conservation values of the Wielangta area. Hopefully this will aid in the swift assesment and confirmation of the proposed new reserve area.

We commissioned Andrew North of North Barker Ecosystem services to carry out the task.

I have uploaded the full report as a PDF here. Biodiversity of Wielangta Forest.

To save on the cost and resources of printing please download it if you so desire.

Also uploaded is a wonderful interactive PDF map of the area A comprehensive overview of the Wielangta area.. When you open  it, a menu with all the layers listed comes up on the left of the page. Simply click on any of the layers to activate/deactivate them, so the map shows the information you wish to see. The one you see when it opens contains EVERY thing, which is a mite crowded. Have fun!

Regards,

Wild Wielangta!

 

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State and Federal governments to take action.

July 26, 2011 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

At Last, the state and federal governments have decided to implement the in principal forest agreement.

Wild Wielangta and Environment Tas welcomes this as a step in the right direction and will continue to work towards ensuring that Wielangta is included in the reservation process.

For the past 18 monthas we have been working on a document summarising the values of Wielangta, which will be a valuable tool in reserve discussions.

As soon as the document is finished we’ll post more information.

Help to secure the protection of high conservation value forests.

May 17, 2011 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

Dear members,
We are at a critical time in history for Tasmania.
The historic deal that will protect Tasmania’s native forests and develop a
sustainable timber industry is hanging in the balance waiting for government
action. Mr Kelty, the Federal Government appointed facilitator, submitted
his interim report to the Federal and State Governments weeks ago.
The Federal and Tasmanian Government have still not made a public statement
about implementing the recommendations in the interim report, and a
moratorium on logging and roading in high conservation value forest areas is
now 7 weeks overdue.
Government silence at this critical time is worrying. There is still no
logging moratorium, and we are seeing the continued destruction of high
conservation value forests continuing largely unabated.
This historic agreement is hanging on a knife edge. We need your help.

* Please contact Premier Giddings are ask her to start implementing
the Tasmanian forest solution.*

Ask the Premier to demonstrate her support by publicly committing to the
legislative protection of the high conservation value forest reserve areas
and work with the Federal Government to deliver funds to:

* Deliver the end of logging and roading in the areas of forests that are
awaiting protection as new national parks. A moratorium on logging and
roading in these areas is now 7 weeks overdue.

* Start the necessary transition out of logging of Tasmania’s unique native
forests and into sustainable, plantation-based forestry including agreed
reforms.

* Help native forest companies, forestry workers and contractors who wish to
exit the native forests logging industry to do so with
dignity.

* Protect and restore our water catchments, and deliver other critical
reforms

* Develop new opportunities for rural and regional Tasmania through a well
thought out regional development strategy based around sustainable
industries

Call, email or write to the Premier today. See her details below.

Honorable Lara Giddings MP
Premier of Tasmania

lara.giddings@parlaiment.gov.au

Executive Building Level 11,
15 Murray Street
HOBART 7000

Ph: 6233 3464
Fax: 6234 1572

The Federal Government must also step in now and work with the Premier to
save the forests – but many politicians don’t even know about the
opportunity.

Can you take a moment to email your local MP using the GET UP tool below?

www.getup.org.au/campaigns/save-our-forests/save-our-forests/email-your-mp

With your help we can achieve this breakthrough. The time to act is now.

Thank you,

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CALL TO ACTION

March 10, 2011 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

This is a CALL TO ACTION. We need your help to get the moratorium on logging in our high conservation value forests by next Tuesday the 15th of March.

Logging moratorium ask hits the airways!

Environment Tasmania has commissioned a substantial radio advertising campaign that will be live on Tassie’s FM radio stations from today until the end of the 15th of March.

A large number of ads will be aired on HOFm, SeaFm, LAfm, ChilliFm from today until the end of the 15th of March.

The message of this ad is as follows:

“For decades there’s been conflict over Tasmania’s native forests.

To end it, environment groups, the timber industry, communities and unions have come together to find a solution that supports a sustainable industry and the protection of our unique native forests.

The Tasmanian Government has committed to stop logging in our most iconic and valuable forests, by March 15th.

The success of the forest peace talks depends on the Government meeting this deadline.

Call the premier today on 62 33 34 64

Authorised by Dr Phill Pullinger for Environment Tasmania Hobart.

ACT NOW! We need you and your group members to support this campaign by calling, emailing or writing to the Premier.

Her details are below:

Executive Building Level 11,
15 Murray Street
HOBART
7000

Ph: 6233 3464
Fax: 6234 1572

Email: lara.giddings@dpac.tas.gov.au
Website: www.premier.tas.gov.au

We need to deliver a strong message that the Tasmanian Community is expecting the full moratorium on logging in high conservation value forest to be implemented by next Tuesday. This moratorium will help to secure the end of the destruction to these priceless forests and the ongoing success of the forest peace talks.

You can help. Please contact the Premier, call talkback radio, write letters to the editors and attend the upcoming events that are listed below:

Your phone call will be one of many so please do not hesitate. Now is the time for action and to speak up for the protection of Tasmania’s valuable and breathtaking forests.

TAKE ACTION… We also encourage you to come to a Public Meeting, Tuesday March 15th 2011 at the Town Hall, Hobart, 5.30-7pm.

FOREST MORATORIUM?
what? where? why? – an explanation of the expectation

MC Vica Bailey

SPEAKERS

Peter McQuillian UTAS
Phill Pullinger Environment Tasmania
Jenny Webber Huon Valley Environment Centre
& a photographic expose of the forests in question by Nature Photographers Tasmania presented by Rob Blakers

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moratorium ?

March 9, 2011 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

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Moratorium Deadline

March 1, 2011 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

Hello all,
Wielangta and the Swift Parrots are’nt out of strife yet.

No doubt you would have seen the media unfolding about the moratorium deadline.

Here is the key story that is running in the Oz today

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/forest-talks-unravel/story-e6frg6nf-1226013771416

Vica was also on talkback radio this morning at 8:30am.

WE NEED YOUR HELP

We urgently need all FRG members to write letters to the mercury and
examiner papers about the need for the Tasmanian Government to take
action and implement the interim peace talks package which includes
the implementation of the moratorium on logging in the hcv reserves by
the 15th of March and setting up a voluntary exit package for
companies wanting to exit the native forests industry, including
Gunns.

Please use the letters and the media release attached below and to follow as a guide for
your letters and comments online or on radio.

With thanks,
Wild WielangtaTWS_OCG_moratorium at risk_010311ENGOLtrMinGreenTasmanianForestAgreementMoratorium2822011
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Long overdue update.

September 20, 2010 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

My apologies for the long pause between updates,
Despite the silence there has been movement in the wings.
All of us are watching the progress of the forest talks with great interest.

FIRST: THE SWIFTIES ARE BACK!!!
Well, actually that’s not really news, they’ve been here – at the southern end on Wielangta in large numbers for a couple of months now.
Apparently a number overwintered on Maria Island this year. The Blue Gums are certainly putting on a generous feast and from the sound effects behind my house everyday it is greatly enjoyed!

    Coming up

at the end of October is the Swift Parrot survey. Last years survey provided some excellent results and Birds Australia hopes to build on these this year.

Also Coming up from 21st to 24th Oct is the Bruny Island Bird Festival - a weekend of guided tours, boat trips, art exhibition, market and community activities to highlight the unique and abundant birdlife that Bruny’ enjoys.
To find out more visit WWW.BIEN.ORG.AU

On a related matter….

June 8, 2010 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

Scott JordanJune 3, 2010 at 10:40am
Subject: A win for the Tarkine!
Well it’s official…the Forestry Tasmania Tarkine Road is dead!

After three years of campaigning, 3700 facebook supporters, packed public meetings, a solid publicity effort and a lot of grassroots community activism we have had a sweet win.

Premier David Bartlett has conceded that the loss of his majority in the Tasmanian Parliament means they cannot pass the required legislation to construct the road.

This is a win for rainforests, a win for a disease free sanctuary for Tasmanian devils, and a win for the protecting the Tarkine’s true tourism value…it’s wilderness.

But this campaign has delivered more than “the end of the road”.

On the back of the road debatel we were able to convince the Federal Environment Minister to apply the Emergency National Heritage Listing to 447,000 hectares of the Tarkine, and we have recorded a massive 72% of voters supporting goal of creating a Tarkine National Park (voters in the crucial north west Tasmanian electorate of Braddon that covers the Tarkine).

In September we hope to see the Emergency National Heritage Listing made permanent, and with the road defeated we will now be able to dedicate 100% of our campaign effort to the core goal of creating a Tarkine National Park and therefore ending logging in the Tarkine’s rainforests and tall eucalypt forests (1600 hectares planned in the Forestry Tasmania current 3-year plan).

Together we have acheived so much, and I look forward to working with you all in this next exciting phase in the Tarkine campaign.

Thankyou to all,

Scott Jordan
Campaign Coordinator
Tarkine National Coalition

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Boobook Calling. Canberra 15th april

March 24, 2010 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

Dear Colleagues

Help get biodiversity back on the national agenda! Come to the Boobook Declaration Planning Day in Canberra on Thursday 15 April and contribute to a plan for implementing the Declaration.

Setting the scene will be Aila Keto (resilience ecology), Brendan Mackey (biodiversity and climate) and Michelle Grady (marine biodiversity). Registration is just $35 (low income $15) including lunch and morning and afternoon tea.

To be part of this important day, register on-line by following this link: https://www.conferenceonline.com/index.cfm?page=booking&object=conference&id=14934&categorykey=AD6AF0E9-87CF-488A-AB48-60E4A8F1A952&clear=1
You can also download a flier and other information from the Boobook web page: www.boobook.org.au

We would be grateful if you could send this invitation on to relevant people in your group and to others who may be interested.

Asking for your ideas

The day will include two main working sessions: 1) to flesh out the four points in the Declaration; and 2) to prepare an action plan (including some idea of where resources will come from to implement it!). We will be preparing a short paper to get discussion started. Send your suggestions for inclusion to info@boobook.org.au.

We look forward to seeing you in Canberra.

Margaret Blakers
Boobook Steering Group

Margaret Blakers

Green New Deal: Ecology, Economy, Democracy
From ideas to action, help shape our green future

http://greeninstitute.org.au/gnd/

Green Institute
GPO Box 557
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Ph. +(61) 0419 877 325
www.greeninstitute.org.au
margaret.blakers@bigpond.com

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Thankyou Sharon

March 24, 2010 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

Our sincere Thanks go to Sharon East for all her help and support and massive efforts with organisation over the past couple of years.
We wish you well in all your endeavours.

Apologies for not getting this up sooner. Sharon actually left us in January to help the greens gain thier remarkable result in the election last weekend.

The Team at Wild Wielangta.