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Tasmanian forest ruling: Abbott government says jobs will be lost
2014-06-24 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Abbott government has reacted defiantly to a stinging UN rebuke to its plan to remove world heritage protection from Tasmanian forest, claiming the rejection will result in job losses in the state. Unescos world heritage committee took just eight minutes to reject the Coalitions request to strip 74,000 hectares of Tasmanian forest from the internationally protected area at a meeting in Qatar on Monday night. Portugals delegate to the committee said the governments justifications for...
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