# fie Bob Brown SSSBAEhe Australian Greens Ser Australian Senate 14 November 2011 The Minister for the Environment, The Honourable Tony Burke, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600. Dear Minister, (WORLD HERITAGE MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE TASMANIAN WILDERNESS WORLD HERITAGE AREA) Further to our meeting of 3 November 2011, we are writing to request that you further the proposal for a minor modification to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) as proposed at that meeting. Specifically, | request that the Independent Verification Group's assessment of World Heritage values pertaining to the minor modification be expedited. I note that over $60 million of taxpayers’ funds have already flowed to contractors, Forestry Tasmania, Gunns and regional development projects under the IGA; that not one hectare of native forest has yet to be protected; and that logging is still proceeding in the 430,000 ha that were supposed to receive immediate protection under the August IGA. At the 3 November meeting Senator Milne and I were pleased that you were prepared to consider this proposal. We believe that, in the light of the expenditure and logging outlined above, it would be an act of good faith by the Government to move to protect these areas of World Heritage value as a matter of urgency. lemphasise that this minor World Heritage modification would be only the first stage of the full extension of the TWWHA (sone 805,000 ha over the next three years), and is a subset of the protection of the full 572,000 ha of high- conservation-value forests currently being assessed. Yours sincerely, — Senator Bob Brown ia te, 29 Nov zoy warw bobbrown or Z 7 GPO Box 404, Hobart TAS 7001 * Phone: 03 6224 3222 + Fax: 03 6224 2099 « Freecall: 1300 4133 25)/taaa: Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 + Phone: 02 6277 3170 + Fax: 02 6277 3185 « Email: senator. mT rah