The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) spearheaded a campaign to end broadscale tree clearing in western NSW. The resulting legislation has proven difficult for government to administer and a nightmare for landholders wanting to clear woody weeds including … [Read more...] about WWF Activist Appointed by NSW Government to Review His Own Woody Weed Mess
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Wilderness Society Should Acknowledge Woody Weed Problem: Doug Menzies
Last week on Channel 9’s Sunday Program, Reece Turner from The Wilderness Society stated: “We haven’t seen any scientific evidence to show that biodiversity is being impacted negatively by these woody weeds.” Sunday reporter Ross Coulthart then … [Read more...] about Wilderness Society Should Acknowledge Woody Weed Problem: Doug Menzies
Journalist Ross Coulthart Legitimises Farmer Woody Weed Concerns
Not so many years ago Australian farmers where forced to clear their land of trees, it was a condition of many leases. Some areas were over-cleared particularly in Western Australia. Over the last 10 years the pendulum has swung in completely the … [Read more...] about Journalist Ross Coulthart Legitimises Farmer Woody Weed Concerns
How Trees Can Be Bad: Ross Coulthart
You may remember that some weeks ago the Channel 9 Sunday Program featured a documentary on salinity title 'Australia's Salinity Crisis: What Crisis'. While researching the dryland salinity issue, reporter Ross Coulthart got interested in land … [Read more...] about How Trees Can Be Bad: Ross Coulthart
Guilty Until Proven Innocent Says Auditor-General
"Last week the Auditor-General stated that farmers have escaped land clearing prosecutions because the State Government had ‘problems with meeting the evidence requirements’ under NSW native vegetation laws,” said a spokesperson for the NSW Regional … [Read more...] about Guilty Until Proven Innocent Says Auditor-General
Aboriginal Elder Remembers Grassland Not Forest
Another media release from the new Regional Community Survival Group in western New South Wales (Australia): "Aboriginal Elder, Mr Keith (Tommy) Ryan, is demanding that the NSW Government change native vegetation laws so that Aboriginals in the … [Read more...] about Aboriginal Elder Remembers Grassland Not Forest
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
