What fate awaits the forest?
The Tasmanian government and logging company Gunns Ltd are planning to destroy the Styx forest in large-scale logging operations (clearfelling), largely for export as woodchips to Japan. This is despite the fact the Styx has been identified as worthy of World Heritage Listing (World Heritage Bureau 1994), the highest international legal standing for natural heritage protection. Clearfelling in the Styx Valley is already taking place at an alarming rate. Time is rapidly running out and it may be only a matter of months before clearfelling of the ancient trees begins in the area that Greenpeace and The Wilderness Society are protecting.
