Logging of Victorian old-growth forest ‘cannot proceed’, lawyers say

Environmental Justice Australia says it will seek injunction to prevent logging of area containing centuries-old trees

A Victorian government-owned business is poised to clear-fell hundreds of hectares of spectacular old-growth forest, in a move lawyers say is unlawful and which they intend to halt through the supreme court if necessary.

The area about to be logged by VicForests contains countless trees that are centuries old. It is made up of two forest types that are required by law to have 60% marked by the government as “special protections zones” that can’t be logged – a step that has not been taken.

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