An estimated 3000 people called for native forest logging to end on March 17 as they marched through the CBD to parliament.
Speakers at the 鈥淢arch for the Forests鈥 included Pakana woman Theresa Sainty, Jenny Weber from Bob Brown Foundation, Alice Hardinge from the Wilderness Society, Palawa writer and activist Jim Everett, forest defender Colette Harmsen and Bob Brown.
Brown said it was the largest pre-election protest he had seen in Tasmania. 鈥淥ur job is to get rid of the Earth destroyers,鈥 Brown told the protest.
聽want to expand native forest logging. Liberal Leader Jeremy Rockliff said he wants 鈥渦nlock Tasmania鈥檚 native forestry 鈥榳ood bank鈥, providing an up to 10 per cent boost in the annual supply of high-quality sawlog to Tasmanian sawmillers鈥.
聽to extend native forest logging contracts out to 2040.
native forest logging ended and have a plan to protect forests, safeguard culturally important heritage sites while providing jobs for forestry workers. They have a聽$1 billion over 10 years plan, to be financed聽by 鈥渇orcing billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of tax and winding back handouts to big polluters鈥.
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They want the takayna/Tarkine nominated for World Heritage listing and say the Tasmanian regional forest agreement, which exempts native forest logging activities, must end.
said it was 鈥渞eckless鈥 and 鈥渋rresponsible鈥 to lock in a logging supply contract 鈥渄uring a worsening climate biodiversity crisis, without a moment of consideration of what the biodiversity impacts could be鈥.
Alice Hardinge, Wilderness Society Tasmania spokesperson, said Labor was聽鈥渟hort-sighted鈥 especially considering 鈥渢he legality of Tasmania鈥檚 logging is being questioned before the courts and peaceful forest protestors are receiving unjust bail conditions and being jailed鈥.
Tasmania goes to the polls on March 23.