The

Ecologist Vol 9 Nos 4/5 August 1979

Editoria l

Edward Goldsmith The Illusion of Power 114

Tree Diseases: a Special Report

David R. Houston Spreading Tree Diseases: The Hand of Man 120

Through the encroachment of agriculture, increased mobility and poor forestry management, Man has unwittingly furthered the spread of tree epidemics.

Lawrence D. Hills The Versatile Tree Killer 125

Four hundred species of trees have succumbed to the ravages of Phytophora Cinnamoni. Can the death march be halted? Organic farmers may have the solution.

John Hedger Has the Elm a Future? 130

Dutch Elm disease is no stranger to Britain. Why then is the present epidemic so virulent ? And could the government have prevented its worst excesses?

David Lonsdale Beech Bark Disease: one disorder or several? 136

Beech Bark disease has decimated America's beeches. Will Britain's beeches suffer the same fate?

Edward Goldsmith The Future of Tree Disease . 139

Economic development has greatly increased both the severity and incidence of tree diseases. Is there any hope for our trees while industrialism still flourishes?

Other Feature Article s

Daniel M. Pisello The Zirconium Connection 116

Light Water Reactors have a fatal design flaw yet its dangers have been covered-up

Peter Barry Chowka The Organised Drugging of America 155

Each day, Americans consume millions of pills, many of which are known to cause ill-health. What lies behind this epidemic of legal drug-taking?

Margaret Laws-Smith Consumerism or Utopia 161

Sir Thomas More was one of the first critics of the consumer society. Has the alternative society he proposed for the sixteenth century any relevance today?

Ecopolitics

Peter Wood Gorleben: the part the Greens played 165 Edward Goldsmith Whatever happened to the Values Party 166 Nicholas Hildyard European election results 167

Report

Peter Bunyard and Ten Years of Survival 168 Nicholas Hildyard A look at the work of Survival International on its tenth birthday.

Gleanings 172 BOOKS 176 Cover Picture by Tony Stone Associates. Lay-out by Mike Frost.

Note: While every care is taken with manuscripts submitted for publication, the Editors cannot guarantee to return those not accepted. Articles published i n the Ecologist do not necessarily express the views of the Editors.

Published by Edward Goldsmith, Ecosystems Ltd , 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS, UK. Editors: Edward Goldsmith, Nicholas Hildyard. Managing Editor: Maria Parsons. Associate Editors: Robert Allen, Peter Bunvard, Brian Johnson, Bernard Gilbert, Jimo Omo-Fadaka, Andrew MacKillop, Robert Waller, Lawrence Hills , John Papworth, Nicholas Gould, Ravmond Dasmann, Richard Wilson, John Milto n (USA), Henryk Skolimowski (USA), Manfred Siebker, Sigmund Kvaltfy (Norway).

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