Giant old trees are still being logged in Tasmanian forests. We must find ways of better protecting them
- Written by: Jamie Kirkpatrick, Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania
Bob Brown Foundation, CC BY-NDThe photo said it all. On the back of a logging truck, a tree so large it could barely fit. It was cut down in Tasmania’s Florentine Valley, not far from Mount Field, where it had started life as a seedling over a century ago.
The photo triggered outrage from conservationists and the public. Greens founder Bob...