The Tasmanian Conservation Trust (TCT) is the only Tasmanian conservation organisation that involves itself in the full range of conservation issues. Founded in 1968, it is the longest continuing environment organisation in Tasmania. As a non-political organisation, it can engage with government, industry and the wider community in a non-confrontationist manner to achieve genuine, on-ground conservation outcomes.
4.5.2012: TCT media release: New Zealand council-owned company set to clear large area of native forest in NW Tasmania, including destroying Tasmanian devil habitat. (See also open letter to New Plymouth District Councillors) more
4.5.2012: TCT Open Letter to all Councillors, New Plymouth District Council re proposal to clear a large area of native forest in north-west Tasmania including habitat of the endangered Tasmanian devil.
4.5.2012: Public forum (Tuesday 22 May, 7pm, Baha'i Centre) to discuss the natural values of Mt Wellington and why significant development should not be allowed more
27.4.2012: TCT submission to the Draft Development Proposal and Environmental Management Plan, Tasmanian Devil Translocation, Maria Island National Park more
27.4.2012: TCT submission to the Inquiry into the Operation and Administration of the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service more
20.4.2012: TCT media release: TCT Supreme Court challenge to the Tamar Valley pulp mill permit - Gunns' costs order application dismissed more
20.4.2012: Tasmanian Conservation Trust Inc v Gunns Ltd. Reasons for Judgment more
18.4.2012: Latest issue of the Tasmanian Conservationist (#325) more
16.4.2012: TCT media release: Minister Bryan Green puts Tasmania's most vulnerable people at risk of chemical contamination more
4.4.2012: TCT media release: IGA deal must deliver on forest biodiversity as well as new reserves more
30.3.2012: TCT and AACT media release: Tasmanian autumn killing of short-tailed shearwaters continues more
28.3.2012: 'The Rock Lobster Crisis: The Real Story'. TCT responds to recent media reports more
17.3.2012: Media release: TCT welcomes Tasmanian Government invasive species announcements more
16.3.2012: Media release: TCT position on legal action in regard to the Tasmanian rock lobster industry - correcting media misrepresentations more
8.3.2012: Medial release: Autumn: the killing season for Tasmanian native birds more
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by David James