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MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 30 October 2002 The Bracks’
Government’s announcement of an inquiry into the logging
of Goolengook forest is a politically motivated “bandaid
solution” Environment Victoria said today. “The inquiry will look at only a tiny portion of Goolengook’s old-growth forest estate, and gives no guarantee that Goolengook, in its entirety, will be protected – they’ll just log it after the election,” said Environment Victoria’s Forest Campaigner, Nicky Moffat. |
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“The Government’s announcement on Goolengook has ignored the position put forward by conservation and community groups to incorporate 3,000 hectares of ancient forest into the nearby Errinundra National Park. |
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“Instead, it proposes the investigation of 700 hectares. If a review of logging in Goolengook is to proceed, it should investigate the full area proposed for protection. “Logging within these areas would cause habitat fragmentation and drastically reduce the ability of threatened species found in the area to persist. “We are also concerned that if some areas of Goolengook are protected, the Government would make another area of ancient forest available for logging to compensate the logging industry. The Government has the power under the National Parks Act to set aside areas with such outstanding natural values as Goolengook, so there is no excuse for such a trade-off. “We reiterate the call by over 25 organisations for the Government to initiate an inquiry into the proposed integration of Goolengook’s forest into the Errinundra National Park. “If the Government can’t get it right with Goolengook, what hope have we for the rest of East Gippsland’s ancient forests?
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