Wood chip piles at Eden NSW rise above tree tops. Darker pile produced from old growth forest.The protesters sought to highlight the trade in wood chips made from old growth  forests which has continued in Australia despite promises by governments to discontinue the practice. It is thought to be an unnecessary sacrifice of a publicly owned resource and the habitat of native animals for short term profits. The industry is subsidised through provision of publicly funded infrastructure and a unreasonably low royalty levied on harvesters of the resource. Australia exports approximately 900,000 tonnes of chips  produced from native forests each year and  is the only country that continues to trade forest wood chips to Japan, as all other supplier countries use plantation stock to produce chips.
Wood chip piles at Eden NSW rise above tree tops. Darker pile produced from old growth forest.The protesters sought to highlight the trade in wood chips made from old growth native forests which has continued in Australia despite promises by governments to discontinue the practice. It is thought to be an unnecessary sacrifice of a publicly owned resource and the habitat of native animals for short term profits. The industry is subsidised through provision of publicly funded infrastructure and a unreasonably low royalty levied on harvesters of the resource. The Eden chipmill exports approximately 900,000 tonnes of chips a year, and is heading for 1 million tonnes in the next couple of years, produced from native forests each year and Australia is the only country that continues to trade forest wood chips to Japan, as all other supplier countries use plantation stock to produce chips.
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The Eden chipmill
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