Sustainable Timber Tasmania plans to resume logging in Eastern Tiers coupes in mid-January, claiming a halt to activity was due to the Christmas break rather than protests from the Bob Brown Foundation.
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Forestry equipment was removed from the area in mid-December after several days of protest which resulted in the arrests of six people, including Bob Brown, who was twice charged with trespass.
Logs remained at the site however, prompting the foundation to claim it was a result of its ongoing protest.
A spokesperson for STT said the logging stopped temporarily due to "the annual forest industry Christmas shut down period".
"Activity is scheduled to recommence in the week of 11-15 January 2021," the spokesperson said.
STT stated its actions were "in accordance with the Forest Practices System", involving planning to identify special values in the coupes and measures to protect potential swift parrot habitat.
The Bob Brown Foundation has requested an injunction on logging in the coupes as part of its Federal Court challenge to the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement.
The parties are expected to resume discussions in the New Year to avoid an additional court hearing on January 11 to determine the extent of the logging injunction.
Logging has already been suspended in 19 coupes during the court proceedings, mostly in the state's South, but including several coupes in the North-East.
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The Bob Brown Foundation is attempting to have five coupes, three of which have been partially logged, included in the injunction. These were chosen due to the foundation claiming to have spotted the critically endangered swift parrot in the areas.
The full bench of the Federal Court in expected to reach its decision on the main case against the RFA in February.
The case comes down to two main arguments from the Bob Brown Foundation.
The first is a part in the RFA which states it is "not intended to create legally binding relations" over the creation of a reserve system and the ecologically sustainable management of forests, which the foundation argues must be legally enforceable for the agreement to be valid.
The second argument involves the Tasmanian Government's ability to use its own discretion to amend the RFA in relation to ecologically sustainable forest management.