Dob in Ta Ann for selling Tasmania's magnificent forests as ‘eco’ wood!

It’s hard to believe, but one of Malaysia's biggest wood cartels is ripping through the Tasmanian wilderness, sourcing wood that comes from the destruction of high conservation value forests and selling it in Japan as "eco-friendly” plywood.

We need your help to stop this environmental abuse now. Ta Ann supplies companies like Panasonic who may then unwittingly believe the eco-spin and buy this plywood, selling it on to Japanese housing companies and the public.

Sound the alarm, send Ta Ann's corporate customers a message now!

Forests that were promised protection by the so-called Conservation Agreement signed by Federal and State governments are still being logged. Ta Ann is using wood from these areas.

We want Ta Ann’s corporate customers - Panasonic, Sekisui House, Daiwa House and Eidai to know the truth about where these products come from. This campaign is already having an impact, receiving high profile national coverage.

Let’s keep the pressure on. If Ta Ann get clear market signals that their corporate customers don’t want to be involved in the destruction of Tasmania’s iconic forests, then this could encourage a rapid transition to more sustainable options. Visit www.taann.net for more info.

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お忙しいところ、メッセージをお読みいただき有難うございます。

わたしはタスマニアの森林保護を心からサポートする立場から書かせていただいています。

タ・アン(Ta Ann)社の木材調達のために現在、極めて高い保護価値を持つ森林が破壊され続けています。これは、オーストラリア連邦政府とタスマニア州政府によって交わされた「政府間協定(Intergovernmental Agreement)」を反故にするものです。

タ・アンが貴社の木材供給由来について虚偽の情報を与えていることを懸念しています。タスマニア林業公社(Forestry Tasmania)はオールドグロス(old growth)林と高い保護価値を持つ森林(high conservation value forest)を伐採し、こうした森林由来の木材をタ・アン社に供給しています。

この1月13日に調印された「保護協定」は、両政府が保護を公約した43万ヘクタールの中核地域の伐採を拡大させる承認をしてしまいました。これは、世界遺産と同等の価値を持つ森林やオールドグロス林、危惧種野生動物の生息域に深刻な影響を与えることになります。複数の公的文書 が、タ・アン社がこうした伐採の要因となっていることを裏付けています。

タ・アンが使用している木材はいかなる意味においても「環境にやさしい」ものではありません。かれらの木材供給契約では重大な森林地帯を除外することになっていません。タ・アンは木材供給元について誤った情報を広く流布しています。タ・アン社が日本の市場に向けて輸出している木材が「植林」由来などと喧伝しているのは、虚偽以外の何ものでもありません。

わたしは貴社に対して、タスマニアからの供給木材を植林木に限られること、また、タ・アン社が木材の供給を植林木に速やかに、時限を切って移行するよう要請されることを強く要望いたします。さらに、タ・アン社がオールドグロス林と高い保護価値を持つ森林由来の木材供給を受けている以上は、タ・アン社からの購入を停止することを要望いたします。

なお、詳細についてはつぎのサイトをご覧ください。
 www.taann.net

以上、よろしくお願い申し上げます。

1.Report of Independent Expert Schedulers12th October 2011, Supplementary Report November 2011, Rescheduling Work - January and February 2012, Report requested by The Australian Government

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.  I am writing as a strong supporter of Tasmania’s beautiful forests.  I am concerned that your company is purchasing timber that originates from Ta Ann in Tasmania, especially as you have a commitment to ecologically friendly product 
Ta Ann’s wood requirements are driving the continued destruction of vital high conservation value forests, despite community opposition. The protection of these forests is a major issue in Tasmania.

I am concerned that Ta Ann is misleading you regarding the source of their wood supply.  It is not a plantation grown supply. Ta Ann is on the public record stating that plantations in Tasmania are yet to be proven as a viable substitute for native forest wood supply. Forestry Tasmania is logging old growth and high conservation value forests in Tasmania and supplying Ta Ann with timber from these forests.

A core area of 430,000 hectares of forests was identified for immediate protection in an Intergovernmental Agreement signed by the Australian and Tasmanian governments in August 2011. However logging continues inside this core area. The official reports are clear that this destructive logging is being driven by Ta Ann Tasmania’s requirements.[1] The logging affects natural forests of high conservation value including forests of World Heritage significance, old growth forests and threatened species habitat.

The wood used by Ta Ann cannot be described as eco-friendly in any way. Ta Ann has failed to ensure that their contract be supplied from outside the crucial forest areas. Instead the source of their wood has been extensively misrepresented and has led to community protests about the logging of HCV forests for Ta Ann use. It is misleading to suggest that Ta Ann is exporting timber from Tasmania that is a plantation-based supply.

I support corporate purchasing policies designed to protect the environment. Therefore I urge you to request a plantation-only wood supply from Tasmanian forests, and to require that Ta Ann move rapidly into such a supply. Furthermore I request that you cease to take supply from Ta Ann whilst they continue to source wood from Tasmania’s old growth and high conservation value forests.

For more information, please visit www.taann.net.

Please stop buying Tasmanian forest destruction originating from Ta Ann and help us protect these amazing ecosystems.

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