Judge Orders Logging Suspension in Tasmania Amid Legal Challenge

Veteran environmentalist Bob Brown is claiming a “huge win” after a judge ordered the suspension of forestry operations in an area of Tasmania purportedly home to a rare parrot. Mr. Brown’s foundation is challenging the legality of logging at a forestry coupe in the Huon Valley south of Hobart. The foundation alleges a forestry permit was illegally approved by the state authority despite evidence critically endangered swift parrots lived and had nesting habitat in the coupe. The foundation’s application for an injunction to suspend forestry activity in the coupe until the case can be heard was granted by Supreme Court of Tasmania Justice David Porter on Jan. 31....