Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the findings of Professor Brendan Mackey, Professor David Lindenmayer and Dr Heather Keith of the Australian National University that Victoria’s Eucalyptus regnans (mountain ash) forests are the most carbon dense on Earth; and

(b)

calls on the Government to inform the Senate by 24 June 2009:

(i)

whether the report has validity,

(ii)

what government measures are being taken or considered to protect Eucalyptus regnans forests in Australia that are currently targeted for logging,

(iii)

what area and volume of such forests are available for logging under current planning regimes, and

(iv)

whether ending native forest and woodland removal in Australia would reduce the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions by 10 to 20 per cent.