Landmark forestry conflict playing out in court

摘要

There are potential ramifications for the national Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act from an important court case which is currently under way after Greens leader Senator Bob Brown sought a Federal Court injunction against Forestry Tasmania to stop logging in the island's Wielangta Forest, east of Hobart, a key area for endangered species. Both the Tasmanian and Commonwealth governments are intervening in support of Forestry Tasmania.