Gunns is the biggest native-forest logging company in Australia and the biggest hardwood-chip company in the world.
Gunns plans to build a massive native-forest fed, polluting pulp mill in northern Tasmania which will destroy iconic forests in the Great Western Tiers, North East Highlands, Ben Lomond, Blue Tier and the Eastern Tiers.
Gunns has also cleared many thousands of hectares of native forest, including rainforest, on its private land. After these forests are chipped, the land is converted to plantations.
Gunns uses 1080 poison on private land to kill wallabies and possums that browse on the seedlings established in place of the cleared forests. The poisoned carrots also kill other wildlife (‘non-target’ species) such as bettongs, quolls and owls.
