Saving and growing our forests is more urgent than ever

Jacques has a conversation with Tuffy Morwitzer, an activist from the Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO), about their reaction to the Andrews Government decision to stop logging old-growth forests by the end of the year - six years earlier than originally planned. Whilst that is a big relief for the 30 year old activist group - with whom Borderlands cooperated in the late 90s during the Goolongook tree-sits which lasted five years - GECO is very much watching the 'fine print' of the legislation for loopholes which are always sitting in such documents. The logging industry has a long and sorry story about finding - or even creating - loopholes.GECO is at present cooperating with First Nations elders to prepare for Aboriginal controlled regeneration, rehabilitating water ways, creating an economy of care, and creating a commons which may be offering healing for nature and wildlife - especially threatened species - for local humans and visiting humans alike.