I think the important thing is the location, the Tarkine is an area of high value wilderness, so mining it seems particularly onerous.

I don’t think anyone’s under the illusion that we could stop mining as a whole, but they might be able to stop it in one place by making it a higher cost than just opening up somewhere else

Foreign and local corporations have never stopped logging and mining the Tarkine old growth forests. The media just stopped reporting on it so it left the public consciousness.

The bob brown foundation has maintained a blockade slowing the destruction since 2020

In February 2020 we occupied this coupe and forced the retreat of the logging machines, and since January 2021 we have been holding Chinese state-owned mining giant MMG at bay. Over 400 volunteers have spent time on this front line, with over 70 arrested stopping the machines. But the miners and loggers are still scheduled to return. We plan to stay in place to stop them again.