Tarkine's 500-year-old trees could be bulldozed for Chinese miner's toxic pit

Trees which have stood for over 500 years could be bulldozed if a Chinese mining company's plan to build a waste dump in Tasmania is approved.

The wet Tarkine forest is cold, but seldom drops below zero degrees, and it is largely silent except for the chatter of birds and the occasional industrial sound from the mine across the Pieman River.

"It's like a different world, being in that forest and only a few miles away you've got the mine," Mr Mead told Yahoo News Australia.

“Anyone who’s been there and is in their right mind wouldn’t consider destroying such a magnificent piece of forest."

The trees sit within a lease held by majority Chinese state-owned enterprise Minerals and Metals Group (MMG), which is seeking to clear up to 285 hectares (704 acres) of wilderness, including the valley where many giant trees grow.

Nine years ago, when the Heritage Council of Australia assessed the wider Tarkine forest, they found that the region has maintained links to the ancient continent of Gondwana and contained lichens and mosses which “help tell the story of Australia’s ancient flora and its evolution”.

Under MMG's plan, a pipeline will carry toxic waste from its mine near the town of Rosebery across the Pieman River and into a dam it plans to build in the Tarkine.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/tarkines-500-year-old-trees-could-be-bulldozed-for-chinese-miners-toxic-pit-094845822.html





EFFING Chinese!  Decimation of this beautiful ancient forest of global significance to build a toxic dam/vat of acid from which 48 metres (158 feet) of toxicity will rise into the air.

Whoever initially leased this land to the Chinese should be disposed of in a painful manner.

To this   ...

It will recover - the Earf is durable.

But not until the population gets things under rational control. Right now you are led by KNAVES, kowtowing to Xi for...whatever he is giving to them. Money, maybe. Maybe it's just mindless hero worship, coupled to a loathing for their homeland.

But there is nothing you can do, there...or we, here. This has to play out. Once the system collapses...that's the time for mass executions, quickly.

This is terrible, I have been a tree lover for generations.
When I first saw this thread I did not want to comment on it here.

Oh, good glory, no! This canNOT be allowed to go through. Who can stop them? <--serious question.

Wow. Has anyone ever seen such magnificence?

2cent wrote:Oh, good glory, no!  This canNOT be allowed to go through.  Who can stop them?  <--serious question.

Wow.  Has anyone ever seen such magnificence?  

The people protesting, sending emails and voting down that govt.

............. Former Greens leader Bob Brown’s foundation is taking the federal environment minister and Tasmanian resources minister to court as part of an ongoing bid to stop mining outfit MMG’s controversial plans to build a tailings dam to store heavy metals waste in the ancient Tarkine rainforest. ........

Bob Brown might.
I will get active. Thanks

https://www.afr.com/companies/mining/federal-tasmanian-ministers-sued-over-mmg-mine-approvals-20220308-p5a2u0

Watch Spotlight tonight.

The Tarkine is the worlds oldest hardwood forest

"The trees sit within a lease held by majority Chinese state-owned enterprise Minerals and Metals Group (MMG), which is seeking to clear up to 285 hectares 9704 acres) of wilderness, including the valley where many giant trees grow."

Not sure if this needs to be edited or not to " 285 hect  in 9704 acres" or just drop the 9 .

285 hectares is 704 acres.

But that's too much of this precious forest to lose.

Night folks.