Assorted documents on forests as carbon storage and associated campaigns, 2007-2008

Containers:

Box 47 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 506

Content Summary:

"Green carbon: The role of natural forests in carbon storage: Part 1. A green carbon account of Australia's South-Eastern Eucalypt forests, and policy implications" by Brendan Mackey et al., 2008.

Extract of article which discusses threat of Gunns pulp mill for the Tamar Valley in Tasmania. Includes "Farmers prepare to abandon paradise" and "A clash of cultures and generations" both by Matthew Newton.

Annotated printout of webpage "Forests and global warming" by Chipstop: Campaign Against Woodchipping the South East and East Gippsland Forests. Annotation contains note from Dane Wimbush to Alec Costin, and corrections.

Annotated media release "Woodchip rip off!" by Nick Summers, regarding proposed woodchipping plant in the Eurobodalla Shire. Annotation contains note to Alec Costin from Dane [Wimbush?].

"Biocarbon, biodiversity and climate change. A REDD Plus scheme for Australia" by Margaret Blakers. Green Institute working paper 3.

Draft statement (possibly media release) "Think climate, think forests: Conservation groups say forests must be a key element of Australia's climate change policies" by South East Region Conservation Alliance.

Flyer "Green carbon counts: Australia's natural native forests offer a quick cheap way to cut our greenhouse gas emissions" by the South East Region Conservation Alliance, Bren Weatherstone and many others including Rob and Dane Wimbush, the Wilderness Society.

Documents originally inserted in the publication "2004 draft plan of management: Kosciuszko National Park" in file 505.

Immediate source of acquisition:

This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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