Tasmania is home to the world's tallest flowering trees, but many have been at risk of logging. The definition of a 'giant' tree that gets protection has now changed to include more of them — but not everyone is convinced.
When a tree meets the definition of 'giant' in Tasmania, it means it can't be logged, and neither can some of the forest around it.
It would previously give "protection" to giant trees based on whether they were taller than 85 metres, or greater than 280 cubic metres in volume. The 'Grove of Giants' in southern Tasmania was at risk of logging, but a campaign made STT remove it from its schedule."The biggest step with actually including this measurement of four metres is that it's ground-based, so that's really simple to get.The policy change brings Tasmania into line with Victoria's definition, although that state no longer logs native forest at all.
Bob Brown Foundation takayne/Tarkine campaign manager Scott Jordan said setting the definition at 4 metres still meant centuries-old trees – and all hollow-bearing trees – were still available for logging. This tree – on the back of a logging truck in Tasmania in August – was also unlikely to meet the new definition of 'giant'.Those logs appear to be smaller than four metres in diameter, and could still be logged under the policy change.
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