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senate vote 2006-11-29#4
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Logging in Tasmania’s Weld River Valley- Motions - Logging in Tasmania’s Weld River Valley - Halt logging
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<p class="speaker">Bob Brown</p><p>I move:</p><dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate calls for a halt to all logging destruction in Tasmania’s Weld River valley until and unless:<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>the Government completes a World Heritage evaluation of the forests;</dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>the Tasmanian Government shows that there is no prudent or feasible option to that destruction;</dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>an independent evaluation of the valley’s long-term economic value, including its tourism potential and carbon sink value, has been completed; and</dd><dt>(d)</dt><dd>the full loss of water, carbon, biodiversity and honey production value from the destruction proposed is known.</dd></dl></dd></dl><p>Question put.</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-11-29.55.2) introduced by Greens Senator [Bob Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown).
- ### Wording of the motion
- > *That the Senate calls for a halt to all [logging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging) destruction in Tasmania’s [Weld River valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weld_Valley) until and unless:*
- > *(a) the Government completes a [World Heritage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site) evaluation of the forests;*
- > *(b) the Tasmanian Government shows that there is no prudent or feasible option to that destruction;*
- > *(c) an independent evaluation of the valley’s long-term economic value, including its tourism potential and carbon sink value, has been completed; and*
- > *(d) the full loss of water, carbon, [biodiversity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity) and honey production value from the destruction proposed is known.*
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