. - how great it would be if aboriginal rangers were on that land, protecting it. - [newsreader] but the premier says, it's not a priority for his government. - one of the stereotypes that we deal with here in tasmania is that there actually is no real tasmanian aboriginal people left. the tarkine is significant because it's uninterrupted, so it is a true physical connection to what was, and our ability to then continue culture, 's abouthe future. (somber music) - this was a forest just a few months ago. this coop, the whole area that's to be logged here is 40 hectares, or about 100 acres. in the tarkine there's currently 159 coops targeted for clear fall logging. the loggers drive a road into the wilderness, then they clear cut it, cut everything down. having removedhe logs they want, firebomb it, and that eliminates the whole of the native ecosystem. (helicopter whirring) the reason for the firebombing is to create a heat so intense that nothing native can survive, so it won't compete with the artificial plantation they're going to replace this with. end of ecosystem, end of these

. - how great it would be if aboriginal rangers were on that land, protecting it. - [newsreader] but the premier says, it's not a priority for his government. - one of the stereotypes that we deal with here in tasmania is that there actually is no real tasmanian aboriginal people left. the tarkine is significant because it's uninterrupted, so it is a true physical connection to what was, and our ability to then continue culture, it about t future. (somber music) - this was a forest just a few months ago. this coop, the whole area that's to be logged here is 40 hectares, or about 100 acres. in the tarkine there's currently 159 coops targeted for clear fall logging. the loggers drive a road into the wilderness, then they clear cut it, cut everything down. having remov the logs they want, firebomb it, and that eliminates the whole of the native ecosystem. (helicopter whirring) the reason for the firebombing is to create a heat so intense that nothing native can survive, so it won't compete with the artificial plantation they're going to replace this with. end of ecosystem, end of these

. - how great it would be if aboriginal rangers were on that land, protecting it. - [newsreader] but the premier says, it's not a priority for his government. - one of the stereotypes that we deal with here in tasmania is that there actually is no real tasmanian aboriginal people left. the tarkine is significant because it's uninterrupted, so it is a true physical connection to what was, and our ability to then continue culture, it'sbout t future. (somber music) - this was a forest just a few months ago. this coop, the whole area that's to be logged here is 40 hectares, or about 100 acres. in the tarkine there's currently 159 coops targeted for clear fall logging. the loggers drive a road into the wilderness, then they clear cut it, cut everything down. having removedhe logs they want, firebomb it, and that eliminates the whole of the native ecosystem. (helicopter whirring) the reason for the firebombing is to create a heat so intense that nothing native can survive, so it won't compete with the artificial plantation they're going to replace this with. end of ecosystem, end of these