[Greens-Media] Media release: Woodchip exit from East Gippsland means beginning of end to native forest logging

[Elizabeth.Ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au]

Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says the exit of Japanese woodchip 
buyer SEFE from East Gippsland* is the beginning of the end for native 
forest logging.

"Japanese woodchip companies have more environmental consciousness than 
the Liberal party. Plantation wood is greener, makes better paper and 
there's millions of tonnes of it available."

"Labor first brought woodchipping to East Gippsland's forests under the 
Kirner government in 1991. Now it's over."

"VicForests is a loss making public owned company and now it is absolutely 
finished. They can't sugarcoat it. No one wants to buy their product and 
they can't make any money off it. Their media release shows they are in 
complete denial about it."

"The native forest loggers have been comprehensively beaten in the market 
place by plantation tree growers. Instead of throwing more taxpayer 
subsidies at it, the government should accept the inevitable and come up 
with a plan for a orderly, fair and rapid exit from native forest logging. 
It's what the vast majority of the public wants." 

* VicForests media release: 
http://www.vicforests.com.au/files/vcmutgtwcj/Changes-to-supply-to-South-East-Fibre-Exports-(May--14).pdf 


For comment: Greg Barber - 0433 044 771

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Liz Ingham
Office of Greg Barber MLC 
Northern Metropolitan Region
Victorian Greens Leader

P: 9348 2622
M: 0409 333 595
E: elizabeth.ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au
W: http://mps.vic.greens.org.au

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