Pétition pour la Forêt Austalienne

Australian Logging Tragedy: Ancient Old-Growth Turned to Paper

By Forests.org, project of Ecological Internet, Inc.
http://forests.org/
March 8, 2006

TAKE ACTION
Protest against Gunns of Tasmania goes global, ask business
partners to divest from Gunns
Signez ICI

Tasmania, Australia's old growth forests are highly threatened
by the woodchip industry, as ancient forests are reduced to
throw-away paper products. On March 6th, outraged world citizens
protested Gunns Ltd's destruction of old-growth forests, and
their undermining of democracy, at Australian embassies and
consulates in America, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Protestors wore tape over their mouths with the word "Gunns"
printed on it to protest Gunns Ltd's continued attempts to use
its wealth and power to crush dissent and silence its critics
through the courts. Tasmania's iconic forests contain massive
eucalyptus trees, some of the tallest hardwood trees in the
world, and are home to many endangered species. Gunns Ltd
exports over four million tonnes of native-forest woodchips each
year, mostly to the Japanese paper industry, with more than 65%
sourced from old-growth, high conservation value forests. This
alert targets Gunns Ltd's business partners, with copies to the
Australian embassies targeted by the street protests, asking
that they divest themselves of investments in Gunns and end
their involvement in old-growth logging.

For more information and to take action now:
http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=gunns


D'autres lettres-pétitions à la suite, ou bien ICI:
Other Current Earth Action Alerts by Ecological Internet:

Oil Palm Threatens Indonesia's Rainforests and Orangutans
http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=indonesia

Protect Europe’s Last Old-Growth Lowland Forest
http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=poland

Panama Power Line Plan to Destroy Darien Gap Rainforest
http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=panama

Send a Global Warning, Australia Must Ratify Kyoto Now
http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=climate

Pétitions toutes signées.

Merci pour les infos, je transmets.