Following the establishment of the world’s first national park at Yellowstone (USA) in 1872, the concept was rapidly transferred to Australia, New Zealand and Canada. This article examines this second wave of adoption—and adaption—focussing on five case studies from Australia and New Zealand.
This article examines the conflicts behind the scenes, within the AAS, between the AAS and the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority (SMA), and within the SMA. It argues that the scientists’ conflict with the SMA over plans for the summit area of Mount Kosciusko (now Kosciuszko) not only established ecology as a scientific basis for conservation thinking: It foreshadowed the current idea that management of a healthy country involves recognition of the links between aesthetic and scientific thinking.
The paper examines the increasing trend of philanthropic bodies and private individuals to invest in the conservation of Australia’s biodiversity. This is seen as part of a more general Western trend in which Australian organizations are linked to bodies such as the large US-based Nature Conservancy.
Earth First! Journal 22, no. 5 features articles on the end of old growth logging in New Zealand, law collectives against “a harassing” legal system, the revival of the archaic and the wilderness of mind, and the EF! battle front against the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Earth First! Journal 31, no. 4 features “An EF!ers Guide to Citizen Monitoring of Water Pollution Discharge Permits,” as well as essays on GPS tracking, border policy, and “Canopy Occupation Against Coal.”
Earth First! 28, no. 6 features news from the Round River Rendezvous in Ohio, from Climate Camp Australia, the West Coast Climate Convergence, the G8 protests, and the actions against the superhighway I-69.
In Earth First! Journal 22, no. 3 George Sexton recommends not to buy the Northwest Forest pass, Cat Hemlock reflects on the UK’s new Terrorism Bill, and john johnson reports on neoliberalism in the American South.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal, Many Hats gives an update on the actions against MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber (PL), David Orr talks about the late David Ross—”a man who made a difference in the world”—and Christopher Beaver discusses the bird “massacres” due to collisions with wireless telecommunication antennas in North America.
This issue of Earth First! Journal features various stories about the actions to defend Adnyamathanha territory in Australia, the protest against genetic engineering, and the fight against industrial agriculture in Brazil. In addition, Felix Tuodolo tells the story of how Nigerian military opened fire on youths after Shell’s oil spill.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal Alan Featherstone gives an update on the protest of Australian activists against the logging of old growth in Karr, Anne Petermann discusses culture diversity and racism within the EF! movement, and Fernando Reals holds the US Navy responsible for eco-cide, imperialism, colonialism, and militarization in Puerto Rico.
