40 years after being arrested at the Franklin protest, this photographer's put himself on the line again — this time, for a parrot species

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40 years after being arrested at the Franklin protest, this photographer's put himself on the line again — this time, for a parrot species
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Forty years ago this photographer was arrested as part of the massive protests against the flooding of Tasmania's Franklin River. Now he's been arrested again, trying to protect a much smaller treasure.

Suzette Weeding, STT's conservation and land management general manager, said the "partial harvest operation" at Snow Hill was being undertaken in accordance with a certified Forest Practices Plan.

"These operational provisions will allow for ongoing protection of swift parrot habitat in the area." "One of the conditions is that if the forest has got more than eight relatively large trees per hectare trees — greater than 70 centimetres in diameter at breast height — they shouldn't be logging in that area," he said.

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