The southern tablelands of main Chatham Island, a unique biological area with a mosaic of bogs, forest, lakes and scrub, is under possible threat from a huge peat mining proposal. Fletcher Challenge has recently been granted four prospecting licences to assess the viability of a scheme which could replace up to 45 percent of imported crude oil ‘products. Not only are conservation interests at risk; the social fabric of the Chathams would be seriously affected with the arrival of more than 2000 project staff — overwhelming the Chathams population of 750. See pic- | torial on page 16.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 16, Issue 4, 1 November 1985, Page 15
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