OK Guys,
Instead of handwringing, now is the time to start considering the
situation. I have only driven through the area a few times, and know
rather little about the area or its history. However the Mallee
Emu-Wren is listed under the EPBC Act as an endangered species.
Therefore any development which is likely to impinge upon its survival
is subject to regulation under the act and this can include land
clearing. Any developer who intends carrying out such work is required
to make an application to DEWHA for consideration as a controlled
action. Even if they don't, anyone else can do so if they feel that
such development is likely to affect an EPBC listed species. Notifying
the appropriate State Government department or private company of the
requirements should help to ensure they comply with Commonwealth law.
It is a complete process, independent of State Governments, in which the
public can make submissions. DEWHA and its predecessor, rarely
turn/turned down applications completely though that is changing. More
likely they may require other mitigating actions. In this case, given
the large areas of land already cleared in the vicinity I would say
there is a reasonable chance of a reasonable result for Mallee
Emu-Wren. But someone does have to get down and do it. Perhaps Birds
Australia are already involved. I don't know.
Cheers
Andrew Hobbs
Perth, Western Australia.
Jeff Davies wrote:
G'day Chris, I very much doubt if they would embed an expensive solar array
within a flammable environment. Cheers Jeff.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Chris Sanderson
Sent: Tuesday, 27 July 2010 3:01 PM
To: Adrian Boyle
Cc:
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Mallee Emu-wren in trouble again. Nowingi
Hi Ady,
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, it was certainly the first I had
heard of it! The article is very light on details - are any birding-aussies
out there familiar with details about this project? I suppose it is
possible the impact would be low, if the panels aren't situated in mallee.
The toxic waste dump was bad among other reasons because any leaks would
have gone straight into the water table under the Mallee Emu-wren
stronghold.
So more information would be great, but certainly if there are negative
impacts on Mallee Emu-wrens then I'll be the first to get behind a campaign
to stop the development.
Regards,
Chris
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Adrian Boyle
<>wrote:
Hi all
Just found some disturbing news on the internet talking about destroying
critical Mallee Emu-wren habitat for solar development.
As most of you know this species is already in a huge amount of trouble
due
to fire and habitat loss.
This development now looks to be planned in one of this species
strongholds.
A link to the news story is below.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/26/2963815.htm?site=news
I hope this doesnt get up and running.
Sorry Adrian
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