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Environmental implications of coal seam gas and coal-to-liquids projects : public forum, Monday 22 November.

Flier, advertising a public forum to be held on Monday 22 November, 2010, in the Abel Smith Lecture Theatre at the University of Queensland. It is on the subject of coal seam gas and its implications for agricultural land. Speakers and panelists include Ian Lowe, Clive Bell, John Standley amd John Hillier. Sponsors include Friends of the Earth Brisbane, Queensland Conservation, Six Degrees Coal & Climate Campaign, Greenpeace, Australian Society of Soil Science Inc, World Wildlife Fund, Agforce, and UQ Climate for Change. Most of the page has a coloured background picture of an industrial complex.

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World heritage dam free : an ACF information sheet about the Tully-Millstream hydro-electric scheme.

Information essay about Australian tropical rainforests and the proposed scheme to dam the Tully River for hydro-electricity. It includes maps, charts, cartoons and photographs and argues vehemently for the stopping of the scheme and the preservation of the river system as is. It includes suggestions for actions which can be taken by members of the public to that end.

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Trees or timber? A tale of two meetings.

Information flier giving an account of two meetings recently held in Yokohama, Japan, in March 1987. One was the "International Rainforest Conference", populated by representatives from non-government organisations, meeting to discuss the impact of the destruction of tropical rainforests. The second was the International Tropical Timber Council's first meeting at its new headquarters, which was populated by representatives both from governments and non-government organisations from the countries which were signatories to the International Tropical Timber Agreement. The author, Nodi Mather, represented the Rainforest Information Centre, Australian Conservation Foundation, Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales, Earth Repair Foundation and Greenpeace. Printed in black ink on cream paper, with hand drawings in the corners of the first page.

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Rescue the rainforests : stop logging Windsor.

Folded brochure (illustrated, black and white, with maps and charts). It contains primarily information about the Mount Windsor Rainforest Wilderness, the shortcomings of the policies which deal with it, the flora and fauna contained therein, and the issues surrounding an end to timber extraction from the site. The final panel contains suggestions for actions which may be taken by members of the public.

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Write for the forests - write now.

1 page, folded into quarters. On the exterior, one side has "Write for the forest", with a coloured photograph of a forest creek, while the other has "Write now" in red lettering across a black and white photograph of partially cleared land. The interior holds information as to why the Australian Conservation Foundation are asking for members of the public to write to the Minister for Primary Industry, the Minister for the Environment, and the Prime Minister, and what they would like the letters to say.

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Jobs for use not for waste : to save our environment!

Information sheet, folded in half to make 4 pages, about a seminar presented by the Australian Conservation Foundation on the topic of "socially useful full employment and a habitable environment". The details of date and time are Tomm Mann Theatre, 136 Chalmers Street, Sydney, September 11, 10:30 am - 5 pm. Guest speakers include Richard Guessman, John Ducker, Jim Raulston, and Ralph Taylor. It is printed in black ink on pale yellow paper, with some yellow headings, and a photograph on the front of a person in a diving mask.

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Cape Tribulation road, so terribly destructive to the coastal wilderness.

Postcard, with a photograph (black and white) of a cleared track and a single person standing on it. The reverse credits the photographer, Leo Meier, and includes a partial address for Parliament House, Canberra, with space to insert names. There is some text addressed to the reader, requesting the use of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act and the Marine Park Act to obtain World Heritage Listing for the Daintree Rainforest. Below, there are dotted lines for names and address details to be added, as well as a signature.

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