Media Alert: Tasmanian tourism industry push in Canberra for Trans Tarkine Track
A group of 15 Tasmanian tourism businesses are pushing the Federal Government to provide $20 million to build the Trans Tarkine Track, an internationally-significant ecotourism trail in the North West of the state.
PRESS CONFERENCE - Senate Courtyard
- Greg Irons, Director, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary and Tarkine Trails, Brighton, Tasmania
- 10.15am, Tuesday 27 November
- Senate Courtyard, Parliament House
Morrison should hand Abe $1million Federal Court fine - Brown
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison should hand Japan’s PM Abe the $1 million fine issued by the Federal Court against whalers slaughtering Minke whales, environmentalist Bob Brown said today.
Read moreMedia Release: Experienced greens warn on forest greenwash.
Environmentalists and former Greens leaders Christine Milne and Bob Brown warn that labelling timber products from logging Australia’s dwindling native forests as ‘environmentally friendly’ is greenwash and will not fool the modern Australian buyer, especially now when the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has stated emphatically that protecting and restoring the world’s forests is essential to constraining global warming.
Read moreBob Brown leads protest outside Ta Ann in Hobart
In recent days, Bob Brown Foundation has received news from the Malaysian state of Sarawak that eleven indigenous community members were detained for six days after their village’s water source was destroyed by companies owned by logging giant Ta Ann and police brutally dismantled their peaceful blockade. The eleven were released on bail yesterday.
Read moreMedia Release: ADANI’S GLOBAL THREAT THE SAME - BROWN.
‘I will join the peaceful campaign to take on the profit-before-planet Adani empire.’ - Bob Brown
The latest Adani coal mine plan presents the same global environmental threat as the original plan to extract the same amount of coal, burn it and pollute the planet’s biosphere, environmentalist Bob Brown said today.
Media Alert: Bob Brown to lead protest outside Ta Ann in Hobart today
In recent days the Bob Brown Foundation has received news from the Malaysian state of Sarawak that eleven indigenous community members were detained for six days after their village’s water source was destroyed by companies owned by logging giant Ta Ann and police brutally dismantled their peaceful blockade. The 11 were released on bail yesterday.
“Our protest today outside Ta Ann’s Hobart offices is in support of the Iban people of Sarawak and a reminder to Ta Ann that they will not be allowed to get away with this cruel suppression of indigenous forest campaigners,” Bob Brown said.
Where: Ta Ann. 150 Davey Street, Hobart.
What: Peaceful demonstration with banners.
Time: Thursday 1 Nov, 2:45pm – 3.15pm.
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Bob Brown to lead protest outside Ta Ann in Hobart tomorrow
In breaking news out of Malaysia, eleven indigenous (Iban) community members have been jailed by police in Sarawak since last Thursday, October 25th.
Three companies, all subsidiaries of Ta Ann, have been working in the area of the Ulu Kelawit-Tatau since 2012 and their operations have destroyed the Sungai Besangin, the river that the Iban depend on for farming and fishing. With the villagers no longer able to grow crops or fish the river, they set up a blockade against the companies that destroyed their river.
New Sarawak Outrage
I believe it to be true because I have met Peter Kallang and totally respect his joint statement with the respected Iban native rights group SADIA - see below.
Media Release: Environmentalist of the Year Tours Capitals
Clare Rewcastle Brown, awarded Environmentalist of the Year by Bob Brown Foundation, will set off on a speaking tour across Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Perth after speaking to a full house in Hobart last night.
Environmentalist Bob Brown will join Clare in conversation in Melbourne and Canberra.
Read more2018 Environment Awards
The Bob Brown Foundation presented its 7th annual Environment Awards in Hobart today, honouring environmentalists from across the world and around Australia.
The awards were established in 2012 to acknowledge environmentalists campaigning to protect the natural world, with a particular focus on activism and a preparedness to confront environmental destruction head on.
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