Megan
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, Denis Wilson wrote:
This has been written by my friend Mark Selmes, who lives in the forest at Mt Rae, between Crookwell and Taralga. http://goo.gl/maps/6ZPct
There is a lot of land clearing going on there - for firewood.
Despite many threatened bird and plant species in the area, the logging has been approved by the NSW Minister.
Much of the firewood is sold into Canberra, in bags at Service Stations.
Denis Wilson
GANG-GANG
COCKATOOS PLACED AT RISK BY NSW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER:
Threatened
Species ignored under Forestry Act for Private Lands
Conservationists
have waited five and a half years to see the final Code of Practice (COP) for
forestry operations on private lands.
What has it revealed?
The Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) is NSW
listed as Vulnerable under the Threatened Species Act, but doesn’t rate a
mention on the forestry COP for
threatened species in Southern
NSW.
.........
The Gang-gang Cockatoo is the faunal emblem
of the ACT where it is not yet considered threatened. Many Gang-gangs breed in remnants of forest
and woodland in the Southern Highlands and
Tablelands before wintering in the lower altitude of Canberra. The people of Canberra can console themselves with the
thought that while less of these charismatic cockatoos will be coming down to Canberra this winter, more
firewood and wood smoke will be. Burning threatened species homes to warm
theirs? All thanks to the NSW
Environment Minister.
Please read the full story on my Blog
http://peonyden.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/gang-gang-cockatoos-placed-at-risk-by.html
Denis Wilson
If you're not pissed off with the World, you're just not paying
attention.
(Kasey Chambers)
"The Nature of Robertson"
www.peonyden.blogspot.com.au
