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I spent 449 days in a tree without touching the ground – it was all worth it

Miranda Gibson

June 24, 2013, www.guardian.co.uk | “Nothing can explain how I felt the moment the hammer went down to mark the decision yesterday – Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area was officially extended by 170,000 hectares. Forests that I had spent the past six years of my life fighting to defend, some of the most contentious forests that thousands of people here and around the world have fought to save for over two decades, were now officially listed.”

“ACTIVIST PROFILE -> TASMANIAN TREE-SITTER MIRANDA GIBSON
helped call attention to the need to protect over 420,000 acres of ancient forests — a job now done!
I spent 449 days in a tree without touching the ground – it was all worth it
www.guardian.co.uk
Miranda Gibson: Our fight to save Tasmania’s trees has been successful – the time I spent tree-sitting, towering over our magnificent forests, wasn’t wasted”
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