Habitat Australia articles from August 2001

Habitat Australia archives from August 2001

Paper chase. (green Views).
August 1, 2001... When I renew my ACF membership, I get Habitat on paper. What kind of example does that set? Can I get the publication on .PDF, or at least access it through the web site? Let's save trees here. Stewart Taggart Via e-mail We'd love...

Green conference. (green Views).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Achieving sustainability in a globalised world -- what roles for environmentalists? National Conference, University of Melbourne, 8-9 September, 2001. The local and the global are merging. What are our roles as environmentalists in this...

Melbourne members night. (green Views).
August 1, 2001... Thursday 4 October 6-Spin Our Forests -- The Science Behind It All Prof Mark Adams, newly appointed Director of the Forest Science Centre at Creswick, will be discussing the structure of the Forest Science Centre, its newly developed...

Call for agenda items. (green views).
August 1, 2001... The 34th ACF AGM will be held in Melbourne on 25 November at 340 Gore St, Fitzroy. Items can only be placed on the Agenda by an ACF Councillor or by notice in writing signed by at least five ACF members. Agenda items must reach ACF in...

Forest crusaders receive prestigious environment award. (green Views).(Dailan Pugh and John Corkill win Peter Rawlinson Conservation Award)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... ACF announced in June that Dailan Pugh and John Corkill of the North East Forest Alliance and long-time residents of northern New South Wales as winners of the annual Peter Rawlinson Conservation Award. The award acknowledges outstanding...

Environment a parish pump issue. (green Views).
August 1, 2001... On walks within neighbouring streets and suburbs I see verges lined with trees from the eastern states, and local parks planted with species from other lands. At the same time parrots displaced from our north-west by broadacre land...

Membership milestones. (green Views).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... ACF congratulates and sincerely thanks the following people who, in the months of June and July 2001, celebrated 25 and 30 years of ACF membership. 30 years Mr I Mcphee, Brookvale Mr P Lewis, Sandy Bay, Tas Mr R S Parker, Deakin, ACT...

Letter from the president.(President's Page)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Welcome to a chock-full edition of Habitat, which contains a number of empowering and informative articles relating to the many campaigns the ACF undertakes. We also identify emerging and significant environment issues of interest. ACF's...

One step forward, 99 steps back. (Land Clearing Campaign).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... ACF mourned the passing on 1 July of the Federal Government's promise to protect Australia's bushlands from de-forestation by the end of June this year, and called for national laws to control land clearing. "The Commonwealth, State and...

Renewables target short of the mark. (Greenhouse Campaign).(energy policy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... The Federal Government's flagship sustainable energy initiative will deliver just a quarter of the renewable energy it promised, it was revealed in late June. Research undertaken by the Australian EcoGeneration Association revealed that at best...

Business opportunities in repairing the country. (Land And Water Campaign).(Australian Conservation Federation)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... A partnership between ACF, CSIRO and Southcorp and some of Australia's other leading corporations has identified strategies to mobilise up to $12.7 billion in private investment to address environmental degradation in Australia over the next...

Green answer to blackouts. (Greenhouse Campaign).(Australian Conservation Foundation report on energy policy)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... On the eve of the June Council of Australian Government meeting, which discussed reform of the national energy market, ACF released a report on energy policy priorities and called for a public commitment to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on...

Federal pollies pressure SA. (Anti-Nuclear Campaign).(South Australia mining)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Both the Federal Government and Opposition support the release of secret documents detailing the environmental impact of controversial mining techniques trialled at the Honeymoon Uranium Mine in SA, ACF revealed in June. ACF says the...

5 June 2001. (Anti-Nuclear Campaign).(Australian Conservation Federation)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... No Place for a Nuclear Reactor on World Environment Day ACF described the release of plans for a controversial new nuclear reactor in southern Sydney on World Environment Day 5 June as a bitter irony, and called for a halt to the licensing...

Budget not for the future. (ACF Campaigns).(Australian Conservation Federation)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... The May Federal Budget did not a future for the environmental and economic realities for Australia in the 21st century, ACF Executive Director Don Henry said. "This budget, and its package of programs, provides poor insurance against the...

ACF calls for WA moratorium. (Land Clearing Campaign).(Australian Conservation Federation)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... ACF called on the WA Gallop Government in June to deliver on a pre-election promise to place a moratorium on land clearing following recent unauthorized clearing. "The recent clearing of 500 hectares of high biodiversity bushland...

When is a marine reserve not a reserve? When it's a marine reserve declared by an Australian government and trumpeted as a marine conservation initiative ... most of the time.(various articles)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... What are Marine Protected Areas? In the ocean plants and animals spend a lifetime on the move -- through the water column, on the bottom and surface, in tidal zones and estuaries -- they are at the mercy of wind, tide and current. Marine...

World Heritage at the crossroads: although Australia currently holds the Chair of the World Heritage Bureau, our reputation as responsible custodians of World Heritage sites in this country is being frittered away.
August 1, 2001... IN 1972 THE WORLD Heritage Convention was adopted by the UNESCO General Conference. With 164 signatories, it has proven to be the most successful international legal instrument for the protection of cultural and natural heritage. Australia...

No time to waste.(nuclear waste)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... ALL NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES GENERATE unwanted radioactive materials or nuclear wastes. What to do with this material is a major environmental issue both around the world and close to home. There are currently three separate proposals for radioactive...

Is Kyoto dead? Is the climate change agreement the world needs dead on its feet? Not quite.(Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... IF YOU THINK THAT SINCE the election of the Bush Administration in the US that the Kyoto Protocol is all but dead and buried, you wouldn't be alone. But this is just what the United States and its allies like Australia want you to believe....

PNG: so near and yet so far.(Papua New Guinea)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN POLICY is out of touch with current reality. According to a recent report by the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Asia is heading for a new regional crisis. Economic...

Birthday blues.(Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... 16 JULY 2001 MARKED the first anniversary of the commencement of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Is this cause for a celebration? Even on the date of its commencement one year ago ACF and others in the...

Promises, promises: politicians renege on bush protection: our politicians promised to halt the loss of Australia's bushlands by June 2001, but Australia's land clearing still ranks with "world's worst practice". Charlie Sherwin asks what went wrong, and outlines a retirement program for bulldozers and false promises.(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... "OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE that, for the first time since European settlement, the rate of re-vegetation in Australia exceeds the rate of vegetation clearance." This bold promise was made on behalf of the Federal Government by Minister...

Ideas in print.
August 1, 2001... Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary Edited by Richard Darwin Keynes Cambridge University Press $39.95 The voyage of the Beagle is considered one of the great scientific journeys. This version of Charles Darwin's diary has been edited by his...

Is that you, Skippy? (consuming Choices).(kangaroo meat)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... This month Alison Sampson asks about eating kangaroo meat. The notes on eating fish in the April edition of Habitat were really helpful, but what about red meat? I eat kangaroo, figuring that it's got to be better than cow! (No cloven...

Putting it into practice. (ACF Member Profile).(Australian Conservation Federation)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... ON WINDY DAYS so much dust is whipped up on ACF member Rob May's South Australian property that he can barely see his hand when it is held in front of his face. Old fence posts marking out boundaries on the property bear lines through...