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Subject: Human diet and Bird Habitats
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Vicki's original positing and John's reponse point to the fact that it
is
the scale, not the type, of human activity that impacts on wildlife, and
ultimately on ourselves.
While the Earth can support people indefinitely, it can't support large
numbers of people, especially people with very greedy and wasteful
habits.
In other words level of comsumption and level of popualtion are the
problem.
And surely the best of worlds would be one with a small number of people
living well, rathert than a large number living miserably and
unsustainably,
as at present.
So whenever foolish politicians and businesspeople tell us we should
'populate or perish', let them know it's obvious that if we populate we
perish, and that the smaller the population of Australia, or anywhere,
the
better the quality of life.
John L
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> From: "John McAllister" <>
> To: "Birding-Aus" <>
> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Human diet and Bird Hanbitats
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:52:59 +0200
>
> At the risk of becoming a stirrer Ricki Coughlin's posting about
> becoming a
> vegan was very noble I'm sure, but it tends to oversimplify the problem
> somewhat.
>
> I don't know about Aus, but in South Africa many rare an highly
> threatened
> grassland bird (and other taxa as well) are in trouble because their
> habitat
> has been irreversibly transformed by CROP farmers. Around Wakkerstroom
> they
> survive fairly well in conjunction with sheep and cattle ranchers,
> many of
> whom go out of their way to help with the conservation of the species -
> Rudd's Lark, Botha's Lark, Yellow-breasted Pipit, Blue Korhaan,
> Denham's
> Bustard and Blue Crane to name just a few. Many of these ranchers are
> very
> proud of having these species on their farms or ranches.
>
> Finally let me state that I am not a farmer or rancher - I am a Bird
> Guide
> -
> oops I hope I'm allowed to say that :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> John McAllister
> Wakkerstroom
> South Africa.
>
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