Santa helps environmental activist Miranda Gibson celebrate her second Christmas in a tree in southern Tasmania.
WHILE most Tasmanians will gather around a Christmas tree today, conservationist Miranda Gibson will still be up one – a 400-year-old eucalypt to be precise.
The 31-year-old began her tree sit in the state's Styx Valley on December 14, 2011, as part of a protest against logging in Tasmania's high conservation value forests.
Perched on a platform 60m above the ground, the former school teacher is now spending her second Christmas in the Observer Tree.
"This time last year I had hoped that I would not have to spend another Christmas here, and that this forest would be securely protected by now," Ms Gibson said in a statement yesterday.
"Sadly, after a year, I still need to be here watching over this forest that remains under threat.
"I hope that I will not be here for a third Christmas."
She said the Federal Government would have an opportunity in 2013 to nominate the surrounding forests for World Heritage protection.
"What a wonderful Christmas gift it would be for all of Australians … to have these forests protected for future generations," Ms Gibson said.
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