{"product_id":"rush-to-destruction-an-appraisal-of-the-beech-forest-controversy-by-g-searle","title":"RUSH TO DESTRUCTION: An Appraisal of The Beech Forest Controversy by G. Searle","description":"\u003cp\u003eRUSH TO DESTRUCTION: An Appraisal of The New Zealand Beech Forest Controversy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Graham Searle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0589009109\u003cbr\u003eFormat: small softcover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: AH \u0026amp; AW Reed 1975, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 140 w x 215 h x 15 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 217\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A5\/2609\/UXXX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eA detailed critique of the New Zealand government's 1971 South Island \"Beech Scheme\", which proposed the large-scale industrial logging of native forests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1971, the New Zealand Forest Service released a report advocating for the clear-felling or intensive logging of nearly one million acres of native beech forest in Nelson, the West Coast, and Southland. The plan was to replace more than half of that targeted area with fast-growing, exotic plantations of Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus for the pulp and paper industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearle was among the first to formally argue that native forests possess an inherent ecological value that should take priority over short-term commercial exploitation and timber profits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublic outrage eventually forced the government to abandon the full scale of the scheme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome images and map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eExcellent with light wear\/staining on covers\/page edges, pages near new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003eAre of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eScarce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56238752366884,"sku":"A5\/2609\/UXXX","price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3923834852768414893.jpg?v=1789017270","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/rush-to-destruction-an-appraisal-of-the-beech-forest-controversy-by-g-searle","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}