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Wombat State Forest – July 2025
End Native Forest Logging
Red Rebels performed again in silent contrast to the broadscale logging destruction. A vast field of upturned tree stumps, logging slash, recently churned mud and discarded logs was surrounded by tall native forest and creek lines. Mourners noted how the vast logged clearing punctured the forest canopy horizon; a new landscape scar that could be seen even from earth satellites.
In June 2021, a large storm impacted significant patches of Wombat State Forest bringing down swathes of forest. Roads and tracks were quickly cleared of fallen trees. From 2022 until its 2024 demise, VicForests intensively logged the nearby ‘storm-recovery’ areas. Vast volumes of timber were removed locally.
FFMV commenced ‘debris-management’ works in late 2023. FFMV repeatedly emphasised to local communities that its works were distinct from VicForests: no heavy machinery, taking only fallen
logs and isolated hazardous trees, all works ‘non-commercial’ and low impact.
FFMV continues to insist all work is to improve safety, for emergency access and fuel loads. “There’s no timber harvesting or salvage logging taking place for a commercial purpose in Wombat State Forest,” said Chris Hardman, Chief Fire Officer in 2024 FFMV statement to ABC Ballarat.
Now, FFMV employs the same VicForest ex-employees and contractors. The same machines and log trucks remove vast volumes in the same forest as VicForests. There’s 6000 cubic metres of timber stacked in the log depot now, a fraction of amount gone from Wombat this year, far above 4000 cubic metres sustainable timber yield. Satellite data adds to concerns that more than isolated standing trees are being taken. FFMV’s own fuel risk guide excludes logs.
Community can see logging has more fine debris, more dense regrowth and increases fires risk for communities.
Locals are in mourning. What is really happening to Wombat?
Disrupt Land Forces – October 2024
Central Vic Climate Action and Extinction Rebellion Australia’s theatrical disruption of Land Forces – ‘The Biggest Weapon Sales Event in the Southern Hemisphere’ where delegates come together to do deals that end in massacres and genocide worldwide.
Beyond the direct human suffering caused by weapons, military activities also play a significant role in the climate crisis. Globally, military emissions are the fourth-largest source of greenhouse gases, following only the United States, China, and India.
The weapons trade drives the extraction of non-renewable resources, including metals and fossil fuels, contributing to deforestation, habitat loss, and ecosystem degradation. This extraction process often affects vulnerable regions and communities, exacerbating environmental injustice
Disrupt Land Forces was a watershed landmark in antimilitarist organising on this continent.
