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The Daintree blockade, the battle for Australia's tropical rainforests, Bill Wilkie

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-344)

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The Daintree blockade

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Bill Wilkie

the battle for Australia's tropical rainforests

Tribulation National Park and some of the last remaining lowland tropical rainforest in the country. A small group of local residents organised a protest to stop work on the road. The media arrived, the police were called in, and when supporters of the protest arrived southern states, the confrontation escalated into a full-blown environmental protest: the â Daintree blockadeâ . The blockade set off a clash of ideologies: greenies against developers, hippies against the local council, and anarchists against police. In time, the Daintree blockade would take its place as one of the big three of Australiaâ s early rainforest campaigns (along with Terania Creek and the Franklin River) that helped shape the growing Australian environment movement. Bill Wilkie takes readers into the heart of the Daintree â the oldest rain forest on the planet â revealing the courage, passion and dedication of those who fought to protect it