Injunction again stops VicForests logging

By Miki Perkins
The Sidney Morning Herald
June 24, 2020
Category: Forestry
Region: International

AUSTRALIA — Victoria’s government logging agency, VicForests, has again had a legal injunction halt its operations, after the Supreme Court heard allegations it had breached logging regulations in 14 coupes in the Central Highlands. This new court action… from crowdfunded community environmental groups. Last month it lost a landmark court case when the Federal Court found it had unlawfully logged areas of critically endangered possum habitat. At least 65 Victorian logging coupes are currently subject to legal challenges, the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday. Barrister Jonathan Korman, acting for Kinglake Friends of the Forest, told the court VicForests intended to destroy the 20-metre-wide vegetation buffer in 10 logging coupes, in contravention of logging regulations. …“The loss of the buffer is a serious loss of amenity to users of the forest … and causes an eyesore for generations to come.” 

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