Habitat Australia articles from February 2001

Habitat Australia archives from February 2001

green VIEWS.
February 1, 2001... Happy resident I am an old resident of the Ringwood/Mullum area and have been following the protracted arguments over the freeway extension with bated breath (Green Views, Dec). The thought of the destruction of the creek and bushland...

campaign TRAILS.
February 1, 2001... WORLD HERITAGE CAMPAIGN Oil sharks circle the Reef Environmental groups across Australia have called on the Federal Government to give an immediate and ironclad commitment that it will prohibit oil exploration or oil production...

ACF'S NOT-SO-HOT 100.(Australian Conservation Foundation's survey of Australian corporations)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... ACF recently participated in an Age/Sydney Morning Herald survey looking at the social, environmental and financial performance of Australia's top 100 corporations. Michael Kerr explains how the conclusions were drawn, and what they mean for...

Kakadu agreement sets new course.(Kakadu National Park)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... ON THE EVE of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Cairns, the Mirrar people of Kakadu and the Australian Conservation Foundation signed a historic agreement calling for an end to mining in Kakadu National Park. The Kakadu Charter was...

21C-NUCLEAR FREE?(twenty-first century)
February 1, 2001... In a year that marks the turning of the century and the electoral cycle, Australia faces a choice over its involvement in the discredited and declining nuclear industry. We can create a twenty-first century in which Aboriginal Australians have...

Tilting at windmills: nuclear power and climate change.
February 1, 2001... FOLLOWING THE Australian Government's Undermining of international moves to address climate change in November 2000 there's been a lot of talk about greenhouse issues. But one aspect of the ill-fated climate change talks in The Netherlands that...

WARNING! FLICKING THAT SWITCH MAY INCINERATE NATIVE FORESTS!(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... FROM 1 APRIL THIS YEAR, every householder or businessperson on mains electricity may unwittingly contribute to the incineration of our native forests, just by using everyday electrical appliances. This is because of the Renewable Energy...

ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE FOR A NEW NATION.(East Timor)
February 1, 2001... The reconstruction of a shattered East Timor needs to balance careful environmental planning with the needs of an impoverished community. IN OCTOBER 1999 Xanana Gusmao, leader of the Council for National Timorese Resistance, said the...

How far can Australia sink?(Australia's position on greenhouse gases)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR representatives from over 160 nations met in The Netherlands to discuss the future of Earth's climate, the most serious environmental problem facing the planet. The meeting, the sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6),...

Genetic engineering -- into law and into the environment?(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... GENETIC ENGINEERING is being used to turn all living things -- plants, animals, microbes and humans -- into industrial materials, created and released with next to no precaution. In the face of this abuse of the natural world it is good policy...

consuming CHOICES.(Review)
February 1, 2001... The Power Game Continues... Geoff Milne of Erskinville, NSW, would like to see more analysis of the pros and cons of electric-boosted solar water heater versus Green Power than was offered in consuming Choices in Habitat December. How...

New faces and young blood.(Australian Conservation Foundation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... As HAPPENS EVERY three years, November 2000 saw the election of a new ACF Council and Executive. The 37-person board has a mix of old and new faces, people who are well known to ACF members, and a few who have made their mark in other areas of...