Fighting Over the Forests
By Ian Watson
For the past decade, environmental politics in Australia has been dominated by conflicts between timber workers and conservationists. Terania Creek, on the north coast of New South Wales, was the scene of one of the earliest and most bitter confrontations. The acrimony aroused and the gulf which separated the protagonists persists to this day.
Is such conflict inevitable? Can common ground be found between these two warring camps?
In seeking answers to such questions, Ian Watson draws on the words of over 50 conservationists, timber workers and foresters--ordinary people caught up in a dramatic environmental struggle. Fighting Over the Forests offers insights which illuminate many of the current forest controversies and seeks to advance the debate on this enduring dilemma.
Overview, original edition (1990)
Originally published in 1990, but out of print for several decades, Fighting Over the Forests is now available as an electronic publication. It is available in two forms, both as PDF files:
- an A4 publication, suitable for printing or reading on a computer screen;
- an eReader publication, suitable for reading on iPads/tablets and eReaders (such as Kindles).
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Historical background
Chapter 2: Working in the timber industry
Chapter 3: Working-class culture
Chapter 4: Timberworkers, nature and history
Chapter 5: The rainforest conservationists
Chapter 6: Economy and ecology
Chapter 7: Common ground?
Appendix: Culture and ideology