CHIPSTOP CAMPAIGN IN SE NSW

For almost 4 decades, conservationists have opposed woodchipping at Eden. This has taken many forms with varying success.
Truly sustainable gains will only be made when we tackle the underlying source of all threats to our forests: woodchipping. The CHIPSTOP campaign is firmly focused on woodchipping as the factor that drives all native forest policy and management in the south east region.
Without the Eden chipmill there would be no woodchipping and a far more benign timber industry. We want it closed.
We support activism at all levels to achieve this, from direct actions and to corporate campaigns targeting paper manufacturers in Japan.
Closing the Eden chipmill is not such a radical idea. The new owners have closed at least 5 mills since 1999. International pulp and paper industry news on the web reports mills closing every week. We hope that one day soon, Eden will be one of them.

Blockades and Direct Action
CHIPSTOP supports all forms of non-violent action designed to save forests. These may be either in the forest, at the chipmill or in towns or cities.
We have taken part in log truck actions in Bega and on the highway; blockades, vigils and other actions at the chipmill and blockades in the forest such as Gulaga (Bodalla), Peak Alone (Wandella) and Yambulla. We will continue to do so.

The Forests 2000 Poetry Prize
In 2000 CHIPSTOP conducted The Forests 2000 Poetry Prize with the eminent poet, the late Judith Wright as judge.
The competition attracted well over 200 entries from all Australian States and Territories as well as New Zealand and other overseas countries.
In her judge's report Judith Wright said that she was very impressed with the standard of entries. "I find this very pleasing - it seems to indicate that poetry, which is sometimes thought of as a threatened species, is surviving well," she said.
Judith Wright died on 25 June 2000, shortly after judging our competition.
The passion and purpose of Judith Wright's own poems truly helped to shape the way many of us view and value our forests. CHIPSTOP is grateful for her support and we will miss her.

Award winning poems

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