Thousands of people from around the country supported a national day of action to save native forests, organised by the the Bob Brown Foundation. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Bronwyn Vost, who is active in the Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends, told Pip Hinman why she decided to try and stop Forestry NSW from logging forest on Biripi Country, risking arrest and a large fine.
Thousands of people joined the Bob Brown Foundation鈥檚 nation-wide 鈥淢arch for Forests鈥, aiming to ramp up pressure on Labor to stop logging scarce native forests.聽
Forest activists have聽blocked the main access road leading to the Forestry Corporation of NSW headquarters, urging Chris Minns to protect endangered species. Kerry Smith reports.
The Rally for Forests in Naarm/Melbourne used puppetry to get its message across. Jordan AK reports.
The Stop Adani Convoy WA, a part of the Stop Adani Convoy initiated by the Bob Brown Foundation through the eastern states, has now been welcomed at 10 towns across the eastern seaboard.
The Stop Adani Convoy, organised by the聽Bob Brown Foundation, has been holding protest rallies along Australia鈥檚 eastern coast as it makes its way to the site of Adani鈥檚 proposed coalmine in the Galilee Basin, Queensland.
Vigil protests were held on May 25, in Hobart and Melbourne, to mark 100 days of peaceful occupation of the wildlife-rich forests of Tasmania鈥檚 Tarkine. The vigil, organised by the Bob Brown Foundation and Save the Tarkine, urged members of the Legislative Council to reject the Hodgman government's proposed destructive forests legislation and to provide National Park protection for the Tarkine.