FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 22 September 2006
NAFI - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FOREST INDUSTRIES
Educating our children on sustainable forestry
A ground-breaking educational CD is set to be launched at the Melbourne
Showgrounds
today. The CD-ROM entitled Ollie’s Island is designed to educate
children on the concept of
sustainability and the endeavours of Australia’s various industries
towards achieving it.
NAFI’s CEO, Mrs Catherine Murphy said, “Ollie’s
Island contains valuable information on
Australia’s forest industry and its ‘world-leading’ effor
ts towards achieving environmentally
sustainable management of Australia’s native forests and plantations.”
“Unfortunately,
in the past there has been a lot of misinformation on forestry practices
dispensed to our younger generations by detractors to the industry.
Ollie’s Island is a
fantastic opportunity to set the record straight by presenting the
facts on these practices to
our children,” said Mrs Murphy.
“As timber is one of the
only truly renewable and environmentally friendly materials used in
our everyday lives, it is important that Australia’s future generations
understand the
impor tance of sustainably growing and utilising forests towards addressing
many of the
world’s concerns on sustainability,” said Mrs Murphy.
Every
primary and secondary school in Australia will receive a copy of Ollie’s
Island. Through
video clips, fun interactive challenges and the CD’s ‘e-book’,
students are able to access a
wide range of information about natural resources and innovations in
Australian resource
management.
The CD was produced by Australia’s innovative leader
in environmental education, Sustain
Ability International, with the assistance of the National Association
of Forest Industries and
funding from the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development
Corporation.
For more information about the Ollie’s Island Program contact Jane Stewart on:
(03) 9817 7722 or Contact Ollie's World
ENDS
For more information, contact Greg Haraldson:
(02) 6285 3833
0419
465 328
