Joint Environmental Groups Position on the Development of a new Pulp Mill in Tasmania (as of November 2009) Download the PDF
Gunns Ltd, Australia’s largest timber company, is proposing to build an ‘elemental chlorine free’, pulp mill in the Tamar Valley in Tasmania. Recent announcements from the company indicate that the mill will no longer utilise native forests, but will still use a chlorine bleaching process with significant impacts on the marine environment.
If built, the pulp mill is likely to lead to significant impacts on the marine environment, will cause air pollution problems in the Tamar Valley – with associated health impacts, and will have negative impacts on local industries including tourism, fishing and agriculture. There continues to be strong opposition from the local community and environment groups to the mill and ongoing major concerns about the proposed mill’s environmental footprint.
Participating Member Groups
Break O’ Day Catchment Risk Group
Florentine Protection Society Inc.
Huon Valley Environment Centre
North-East Bioregional Network Inc.
Still Wild Still Threatened
The Wilderness Society Inc.
Wild Wielangta