The Beech Forest Action Committee was an environmental organisation based in New Zealand.
It was formed in the 1970s as a
grassroots
A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or economic movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from the local level to effect change at t ...
group in
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
to protest against native forest logging. The group was not totally opposed to the logging but wished to see it done at a sustainable rate.
[Searle, G. (1975) ''Rush to Destruction'' Wellington: Reed ]
The Beech Forest Action Committee would eventually become the
Native Forest Action Council
Native Forest Action Council was an environmental organisation in New Zealand.
It was formed in 1975 from what was the Beech Forest Action Committee to advocate for the protection of native forests and changed its name to the Maruia Society in ...
.
See also
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Conservation in New Zealand
Conservation in New Zealand has a history associated with both Māori and Europeans. Both groups of people caused a loss of species and both altered their behaviour to a degree after realising their effect on indigenous flora and fauna.
Protected ...
References
Environmental organisations based in New Zealand
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