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It was only 20 years ago that a concerted fight by dedicated ordinary folk saw the end of native forest logging on public land. Dean Baigent Mercer was there and recalls the often frightening affair. Even now there is a new proposal to cut 110ha of canopy forest in Buller for opencast coal mining. Forest & Bird are determined to fight it. Jen Miller of Forest & Bird explains.

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