Welcome to Wild Tasmania...

All over the world old growth forests are under threat, and nowhere more so than in Tasmania. Here, logging for wood pulp and chip threatens a wide variety of habitats and animals, including Australia’s largest bird of prey, the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle.

The ancient eucalypt forest is habitat for eagles, Tasmanian devils and the basis of a diverse ecosystem but it also represents thousands of tonnes of fine quality timber, woodchip and profitable pulp.

New threats are emerging, but the eagle’s story holds hope for new life.

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Pulp Mill
Gunns gets approval from Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to start clearing vegetation from pulp mill site.

Pulp Mill
15,000 people march through Hobart in protest against Gunns' Tamar Valley Pulp Mill.
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