A member of a group of Aboriginal protesters has been arrested in a Tasmanian logging coupe following community action in defence of the critically endangered swift parrot's habitat.

Aboriginal community leader Ruth Langford was arrested on Tuesday after refusing to leave native forests which are being logged in the Eastern Tiers Forest Reserve near Swansea on Tasmania's east coast.

After being released, Ms Langford said her arrest "shows how flawed the current colonial system is".

"The real criminals are the government agencies who are destroying our precious waterways, exposing us to potentially catastrophic fires and failing to protect endangered species in their homes," Ms Langford, Yorta Yorta woman said.

"I am devastated to be arrested under colonial law. However, I am heartened to feel the strength of Palawa Law in Country."

Ms Langford said it's time to find another way which acknowledges cultural obligations to protect a living life force.

"The minister, police commissioner and prosecutor should not be wasting public funds by charging Aboriginal people who are protecting Country," Ms Langford said.

"The colonial courts and institutions have no jurisdiction over Aboriginal people protecting Law in Country."

Protesting alongside fellow members of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community in Carletta Thomas and Cody Gangell, Ms Langford said the trio stood in solidarity with Tasmanian Aboriginal Elder Uncle Jim Everett.

In similar circumstances, Uncle Jim was arrested at separate forest protests last year, first in southern Tasmania's Styx Valley and later in the state's Central Highlands.

"Palawa Elder Uncle Jim Everett Puralia Meenamatta has asked everyone to stand with him. To accept his call to defend and protect Palawa Country," Ms Langford said.

"Native forest logging is destroying the relationship ecosystems that sustain all life.

"Under Palawa Law, we ask the question, who are the real criminals?

One of two true migratory parrots in the world and found only in southeast Australia, the swift parrot is listed as critically endangered.

Estimates suggest just 750 remain in the wild.

On the second day of protests in the Eastern Tiers, Bob Brown Foundation campaigner, Erik Hayward, said the Foundation stands in support of Ms Langford and in defence of swift parrot habitat.

"We are together in solidarity taking action to preserve and defend this wild country, as people have done so for thousands of generations prior to invasion," Mr Hayward said.

"Without this non-violent peaceful direct intervention this week, these critically important forests would be logged unimpeded, people need to know this atrocity is happening.

"We will stand up for these wild areas alongside the Aboriginal custodians until there is permanent and secure protection for these forests."

Ms Langford said she and her fellow protesters were grateful for the support of the Bob Brown Foundation and for "all frontline activists who hear the call of Uncle Jim".

"When colonial government agencies, such as Forestry Tasmania, allow the destruction of important water catchments and increase our vulnerability to potential catastrophic fire events then we, the people, must act," she said.

Ms Langford said current colonial political systems or institutions cannot be relied upon to provide leadership towards a healthy and vibrant way of being.

"There is another way. The way home to healthy people is to nurture and sustain healthy forests and restore our waterways," Ms Langford said.

"We must protect Palawa Law in Country."