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Tasmanian environmentalists have lost a case that sought to end native forest logging in the state, but may launch an appeal.
Known as the âgreat forest caseâ, the Bob Brown Foundation lodged the challenge against the Tasmanian government, the federal government and Tasmanian state-owned logging corporation Sustainable Timber Tasmania in the Federal Court last year.
Environmentalist and former Greens leader Bob Brown inspects burnt trees that were once home to swift parrots.
The foundation said a win would have helped protect the habitat of the critically endangered swift parrot. It argued Tasmaniaâs regional forest agreements were âfundamentally flawedâ and failed to meet the standards of national environmental laws.