Shoumatoff, Alex,

The Tennessee Tree Massacre. Alex Shoumatoff. - Onearth, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 23, Environment, 1522-3205; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: The Tennessee Tree Massacre, Winter 2004; pp. 14-25.

"If there were an international tribunal that prosecuted crimes against the planet, like the one in The Hague that deals with crimes against humanity, what is happening on the Cumberland Plateau in eastern Tennessee would undoubtedly be indictable." (ONEARTH) The author argues that the paper industry is "destroying what remains of the extraordinarily lush forest on the Cumberland Plateau, which, along with eastern Tennessee's Great Valley and the Cumberland Mountains, has the highest concentration of endangered species in North America."

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Clearcutting
Endangered species
Environmentalism
Environmentalists
Forest degradation
Paper industry
Pesticides--Environmental aspects
Sustainable forestry


Tennessee

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