Definitions of CONSERVATION;
1. From the dictionary;
"The wise use of Natural Resources"; "To conserve for future
generations".
2. From QLD Govt. policy doc;
"The use of natural resources"; "Why conserve for future
generations". What have future generations done for us?"
The Paradise Parrot
Amytornis wrote:
>
> So what's the big deal about a bit of land clearing and erosion? It
> gets rid of the vermin doesn't it?
>
> A lot of you wouldn't understand the threat to us Amytornis caused by a
> rampaging mound building Mallee Fowl on heat. And have you ever tried
> to sleep when a Western Whipbird is tryin to get it off?
>
> Grand pappy still remembers the late 70's campaign when Mr. Brinkworth's
> duel wheeled articulated Steiger Tractors came through dragging huge
> steel balls with massive chains and cleared 1 million acres of useless
> mallee from the SE of South Australia, turning it into what the Govt.
> calls it
> "the Green Triangle".
>
> Grand pappy remembers when the whole family had to hide in a rabbit
> burrow to avoid the dozer blades and yet he says we were lucky. If it
> didn't happen then, we'd be in bigger trouble now because the virus
> killed the rabbits and we'd have nowhere to hide when the Queenslanders
> move in. The Mallee Fowl were always a danger and he says "the land
> clearing was nuthin compared to the last ice age anyway"!
>
> But he says we should look at the benefits this brought! Such as?
> Well Mr. Brinkworth even got the major SA conservation gong "for
> draining swamps and turning the low spots into duck shooter protected
> dams".
>
> So you see another major benefit from land clearing and erosion is that
> it enhances the political process too!
>
> The Amytornis
>
> Joyce Harding wrote:
> >
> > "Julie Lynn McLaren" wrote
> > "is basically to stop erosion. From our personal experience of having
> > pulled scrub about 10 years ago to stop this erosion"
> >
> > This seems to be an acceptable action on areas of original grass plains
> > where scrub has invaded. Invasions of scrub and the shading of loose soils,
> > preventing the growth of native grasses, which are deep rooted, would result
> > in erosian with heavy rains. Grass plains are part of the natural ecosystem
> > just as are woodlands and are vital for many birds. This is where local
> > knowledge and long term vision is necessary. We too easily forget that
> > outback Australia is not what it was 200 years ago. Changes have been
> > happening for all of that time. We need to know what those changes have been
> > before correct and lasting decisions are made.
> >
> > J.Harding
> >
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