25 March 2002
The government announced today that all Timberlands' native forests will be gazetted as conservation land by 1 April
2002, including major additions to National Parks. "This is a great day for the forests and a wonderful victory for
non-violent direct action," said NFA spokesperson Peter Russell. "
This is a major blow to the 'sustainable management' lobby which claimed the forests could be logged without damaging
them. It's the result of decades of campaigning and strong public support for the protection of our remaining lowland
forests.
Now we can finally have the celebration we have been waiting to have since Labour and Alliance came to power in November
1999".
Native Forest Action will make further comments tomorrow after seeing the details of the announcement.
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