Timber groups are being urged to pull the plug on Tasmania’s forest peace talks, just days away from a final deadline. Source: Yahoo News
It comes as an influential environment group reiterates it will not accept anything other than all high conservation value forests being given full protection from logging.
Despite Markets for Change not being a signatory to the deal it has issued a new list of conditions it wants included.
The talks were due to conclude by the end of June but the deadline has since been extended until July 23.
Markets for Change says a peace deal must secure protection for high conservation value forests and reduce logging volumes.
It also wants greater biodiversity protection for forests that will still be logged.
Group spokeswoman Peg Putt says the list is not an ultimatum, but a reminder of what environment groups in the talks must achieve.
Ms Putt has denied pressuring other environment groups. Greens Leader, Nick McKim, says the Markets for Change conditions seem reasonable.
