Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Lake Pedder Action Committee (also known as the Lake Pedder Action Group) was a Tasmanian environmental group that in the early 1970s unsuccessfully fought the state government of Tasmania led by Eric Reece and its powerful and influential energy agency the Hydro-Electric Commission to prevent the flooding of Lake Pedder in South West Tasmania. One member was Brenda Hean who died mysteriously in 1972 whilst being flown to Canberra in a light plane to stage a protest event.Although the campaign to save Lake Pedder failed, it dramatically increased environmental awareness in Tasmania and Australia. A successor movement, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society was instrumental in the successful challenge to the Franklin Dam proposal in the early 1980s.Since the early 1990s, the Lake Pedder Restoration Committee (LPRC) has continued to press for the restoration of Lake Pedder to its original form. Many of the senior members of the LPRC had also been active in the Lake Pedder Action Committee.. }
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- Lake_Pedder_Action_Committee abstract "The Lake Pedder Action Committee (also known as the Lake Pedder Action Group) was a Tasmanian environmental group that in the early 1970s unsuccessfully fought the state government of Tasmania led by Eric Reece and its powerful and influential energy agency the Hydro-Electric Commission to prevent the flooding of Lake Pedder in South West Tasmania. One member was Brenda Hean who died mysteriously in 1972 whilst being flown to Canberra in a light plane to stage a protest event.Although the campaign to save Lake Pedder failed, it dramatically increased environmental awareness in Tasmania and Australia. A successor movement, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society was instrumental in the successful challenge to the Franklin Dam proposal in the early 1980s.Since the early 1990s, the Lake Pedder Restoration Committee (LPRC) has continued to press for the restoration of Lake Pedder to its original form. Many of the senior members of the LPRC had also been active in the Lake Pedder Action Committee.".