Article 547KE 'Look up at the trees, think about wood': government logging ad uses images of pristine native forests

'Look up at the trees, think about wood': government logging ad uses images of pristine native forests

by
Lisa Cox
from Environment | The Guardian on (#547KE)

Agriculture department spent $95,000 on campaign for the Australian forestry industry promoting wood as the ultimate renewable'

A government promotion for the forestry industry that encourages Australians to look up at the trees, think about wood" should be taken down after a recent federal court ruling on native forest logging, the Greens say.

The department of agriculture paid a production company $94,875 last year to produce a series of videos aimed at promoting Australia's logging industry as environmentally sustainable.

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