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Tasmania's forests: a global treasure, a national responsibility
Posted: Feb 25, 2007
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Highlights the unprecedented destruction of Tasmania's unique oldgrowth forests. Forest are clearfelled and burnt and wildlife poisoned in the creation of export woodchips, whilst community protest continues to grow. Read more…
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Hold Your Ground
Posted: Jun 06, 2007
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Music video by Melbourne reggae band Bomba, celebrating activists working to protect Tasmania's old growth forests. Features independent non-violent direct actions in the Weld and Florentine Valleys. Read more…
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Save Our Sealife
Posted: Jun 06, 2007
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South Australia contains some of the most pristine marine wilderness left anywhere in the world. Despite this, very little of South Australian waters have any form of protection. Read more…
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Let the Rivers Run Wild
Posted: Jun 06, 2007
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Many Australians have never seen the spectacular landscapes and diverse wildlife of the Cape York Peninsula. But the wild rivers of the Cape are currently under threat from damming, mining, land-clearing and weed invasion. Read more…
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Tasmania's Clean Green Future: Too Precious To Pulp?
Posted: Jun 21, 2007
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Gunns Ltd’s proposed pulp mill will affect the future of all Tasmanian families. This film explains the environmental, economic and health impacts of the proposed pulp mill that Gunns, the Tasmanian State Government and the Federal Government have so far ignored. Read more…
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Footsteps
Posted: Aug 12, 2007
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Australia 2000, Year of Reconciliation: five hundred thousand people walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge to support reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. In Central Australia Indigenous elder Kevin Buzzacott begins a 3060 kilometre walk carrying a sacred fire from Lake Eyre to Sydney. He leaves behind the original sacred fire at the Arabunna Going Home Peace Camp on the shores of Lake Eyre. Without his protection however those left to tend to the fire are soon the target of attempts by WMC Uranium mine to evict the camp. Walking the land he passes through Adnyamathanha country similarly threatened by mining interest. This is a journey into active reconciliation and genocide of people deeply connected to the protection of the land. Read more…
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Imagine Being Sued For Caring
Posted: Oct 16, 2007
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Imagine being sued for caring exposes the plight of seventeen individuals and three organisations being sued by the biggest woodchipper in the southern hemisphere. Directed by Defendant #5 in the court-case. Read more…
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Cape York's Wild Rivers
Posted: Jan 20, 2008
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Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland, north of Cairns, is one of the last great wild places on Earth. But its wild rivers are unprotected. These magnificent rivers are the lifeblood for the Cape's communities and a huge diversity of wildlife. Read more…
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Australia's forests: A Global Treasure, A National Responsibility
Posted: Apr 14, 2010
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Adapted from the award winning "Tasmania's forests: A Global Treasure, A National Responsibility" (2004), "Australia's forests: A Global Treasure, A National Reponsibility" was produced by Heidi Douglas for The Wilderness Society international climate change campaign. Read more…
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Les Forêts Australien Nes Un Trésor Mondial Une Responsabilité Nationale
Posted: Apr 14, 2010
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Le terme "forêt"doit être redéfine sous la CCNUCC. Les forêts doiventêntre définies d'un point de vue écologique comme "écosystèmes terrestresgénérés et maintenus par des processus. Les plantations monoculture ne sont pas des forts mais des zones arboricoles cultivées. Le sens commun et l'équité préconisent l'adoption: D'un mécanisme de réduction des émissions brutes provenant de la déforestation et de la dégradation des forêts (REDD) pour toutes les forêts natives dans tous pays. D'un mécanisme de type LULUCF our toute zone arboricole cultivée, focalisé sur la réduction des émissions nettes dans tous les pays. Read more…
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