Plans to log Tasmania's world heritage forests dropped after UN criticism
by Michael Slezak from Environment | The Guardian on (#17RD1)
State government calls UN recommendation 'disappointing' but says it would be irresponsible to ignore it
Plans to allow logging inside Tasmanian world heritage forests have been abandoned after a United Nations report recommended against it.
The UN also expressed concern about plans for expanded tourism in the area and called for a master plan that would detail what sorts of tourism would and wouldn't be allowed.
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