UBAG
NEWS Archive
Cycle
for Old Growth in Melbourne on 26 September
Sep
'04: Cyclists will be "racing" Puffing Billy from Belgrave
to Lakeside on Sunday 26 September, to highlight destruction of Tassie's
Old Growth Forests! Please distribute the poster around your
workplace and local area.
Download
JPG Poster (511 KB)
Latham
and Howard Court Environmental Vote
Sep
'04: John Howard and Mark Latham have each indicated a willingness
to protect old-growth forest in Tasmania, in a lead-up to the Federal
Election - as reported on 'AM'.
See
Details
Landmark
Otways Case for Forest Justice
Aug
'04: Barrister Liz Ingham, who is an active supporter of Environment
East Gippsland (EEG), has posted comments about the long-awaited court
decision in the "Violence Against Protestors" case
that came out of 1999 Otways direct action.
See
Details
UBAG
launches 'Fax/Email the Minister' campaign
Nov
'03: The UBAG appeals to all of its supporters to ask Minister
Thwaites to call a moratorium on logging in the '350 Upper Bunyip' forestry
block for this season while proper independent flora/fauna and cultural
surveys are done. Put pressure on the Minister
before logging starts. He CAN call for a moratorium in coupes,
or throughout the block.
See Details
Minister
Thwaites's claims re rainforest countered by Melbourne Uni Professor!
Nov
'03: The UBAG has received a letter from Minister Thwaites in
which he refutes our claim that rainforest can be damaged by runoff
and windthrow effects caused by logging operations. This is now countered
in an email to the UBAG from a respected professor of botany at the
University of Melbourne!
See Details
Bull-dozed
Fishers Loop track is now closed off by a steel gate
Aug
'03: The Bunyip Valley Road, part of the Fishers Loop Walking
Track that was
bull-dozed by DSE on 19 March to gain access to a fire near the Bunyip
River, is now closed off at Tomahawk Gap by a steel gate installed by
DSE. The UBAG wants this road to be permanently closed to all but
"Management Vehicles Only" to enable full rehabilitation and
to prevent further damage by trail-bikes and FWDs.
See Letter
to John Thwaites
UBAG
Holds Community Action Day on 13 April
Apr '03: The UBAG held a Community Action
Day on Sunday 13 April in Gembrook and surrounds, in response to its
"success" in having logging in the Southern Bunyip coupe suspended.
See Details
See
UBAG's Log of Claims