Reprieve For Old Forest As Gunns Downs Axe Paddy Manning And Andrew Darby

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 9, September 2010

 

At a trade conference in Melbourne yesterday Gunns revealed it would quit the Forest Industries Association of Tasmania, which was arguing for a continuation of native forest logging in the state.

 

The chief executive of Gunns, Greg L'Estrange, said the company would focus on plantation hardwoods and softwoods and processing forest products. Read the full report here.

 

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald.

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