There seems to be much excitment about the discovery of lots and lots of playtpuses at Maleny, 100 odd kms north of Brisbane, where some locals have been trying to stop the building of a Woolies for many, many months. The ideas is that because there … [Read more...] about Platypuses Can Live with Supermarkets
Plants and Animals
Eating Whales (Part 2)
Whalers in Norway, Iceland and Greenland have called Australia's attempts to ban commercial whaling "ridiculous", according to a report on ABC Online. Federal Environment Minister Senator Ian Campbell is lobbying in Europe and the Pacific to get an … [Read more...] about Eating Whales (Part 2)
Talking Veg Tomorrow in Both Blackall & Canberra
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meets tomorrow (Friday) in Canberra. On the agenda is the need for an intergovernmental agreement on native vegetation. This follows on from the findings of an August 2004 Productivity Commission Report … [Read more...] about Talking Veg Tomorrow in Both Blackall & Canberra
Exclude Cattle from National Parks?
Cattle can destroy a landscape. The Victorian Premier last week banned grazing in the Alpine National Park on the basis that: Cattle: * trample streambanks, springs and soaks * damage and destroy fragile alpine mossbeds * create bare ground, disturb … [Read more...] about Exclude Cattle from National Parks?
A Conservation Economy
Neil Hewitt posted the following comment after my post of 19th May titled Just Released on Parks and Weeds: "My suggestion ... is that public administration of protected area estate be removed of its exclusionary influences to fair trade, by … [Read more...] about A Conservation Economy
Save the Bustard
Ian Beale from Mungallala, SW Queensland, emailed me this picture with the headline: Save the poor bustard - stop tree thickening. He also wrote, Our area has the widespread problem of thickening of woody species, but we have an increasing number of … [Read more...] about Save the Bustard
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
