of the process. Additional energy expenditure is found in the shipping of raw materials and export of the finished product. Criticism and environmental opposition The introduction of the wood chip industry to Western Australia in the 1960s initially attracted less opposition than it did in the eastern states. At first it was seen as an opportunity for the economic development of the south west; it was not until the 1970s that an environmental movement against it began to emerge. The volatility of the issue became apparent in 1976 when two activists carried out the Bunbury woodchip bombing, a failed attempt to disable woodchip exporting facilities for 18 months. See also Land clearing in Australia Logging Woodchipper Woodchip mill companies and locations Eden, New South Wales North Shore, Victoria Longreach, Tasmania Bell Bay, Tasmania Hampshire, Tasmania Gunns W.A. Chip & Pulp Co Wesley Vale pulp mill Woodchip critics and opponents Australian Greens Australian Conservation Foundation Campaign to Save Native Forests Conservation Council of Western Australia Great Walk Networking Liberals for Forests South West Forests Defence Foundation Western Australian Forests Alliance Notes References Further reading Dargavel, John (1995) Fashioning Australia's forests, Oxford. Oxford University Press. Lines, William J. (1998) A long walk in the Australian bush, Sydney, University of New South Wales Press. Mcdonald, Jan (1975) The Australian woodchip industry : a bibliography Canberra : Subject Reference Section, Parliamentary Library Legislative Service, 1975 "This bibliography has been compiled in connection with the inquiry into the Australian woodchip industry by the Senate Select Committee on Social Environment" Routley, R. and V. (1973) The Fight for the Forests: The Takeover of Australian Forests for Pines, Wood Chips and Intensive Forestry, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU, Canberra. Tamaki, Mitsuzo. (1999) Green business alliance : The case of a Japanese/Australian joint forest plantation project. Asia Pacific journal of economics & business, Dec. 1999, p. 76-96 Thompson, Herb and Tracy, Julie.(1995) Woodchipping in Western Australia : timber workers vs. conservationists. Perth, W.A. : Murdoch University. . Working paper (Murdoch University. Dept. of Economics); no. 135.. Walter, Terry (1976) “Some Cost-benefit Aspects of Wood-Chipping in Western Australia”, Economic Activity, 56- 65. External links History of woodchipping New Bush Telegraph report Gunns Mill pro- argument from NAFI Chipstop - lobby group Environmental issues with forests History of Western Australia Environmental issues in Australia Forestry in Australia Timber industry in Western Australia