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Conversing with the tree sitters and playing songs on his guitar in December 2003, Mr Butler says he fully supported The Wilderness Society and Greenpeace's campaign to bring an end to logging of the Styx ancient forest, where some trees are over 400 years old and up to 90 metres tall.

"We should be preserving this magnificent wilderness area in the Styx Valley instead of grinding ancient trees into woodchips.

A large area of Tasmania's old growth forests remain threatened - it's time for people to act to help save these areas," Mr Butler said.

Mr Butler arrived two days after the 84m giant tree was festooned with 3,000 christmas lights and declared the world's tallest living Christmas tree.

The Global Rescue Station recently passed its one month anniversary on December 12. Environmentalists from Australia, Japan, Germany and Canada have been living in the canopy of one of the world's tallest hardwood trees to protect it from logging scheduled for the coming year.

The Styx borders the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and is home to rare and endangered species, including the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle.

The area is being logged by Gunns Limited, who grind the trees into low-value woodchips for export to Japan. Japanese companies Oji, Nippon and Mitsubishi use the woodchips to make paper products.

Read more about the campaign here http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/news-and-events/media/releases/deforestation/styx-campaign-shifts-from-tree