When the Greens were in government, 356,000 hectares of carbon-rich, high conservation value forests were afforded protection. They will lose their protected status on April 8, 2020.
In a climate and biodiversity emergency, even the consideration of handing over these forests to the logging industry is unconscionable. Actually doing so would be a betrayal of young people today, and all future generations.
The first step is to ensure the permanent protection of 356,000 hectares of carbon-rich, high conservation value forests that will lose their protected status on April 8, 2020. Our future can still be a safe and sustainable one, but not if we continue business as usual. We must take action now.
