The 7:30 Report's segment on deforestation and birds in Australia, was
quite interesting, and depressing. Out of it came the following...
* 10 million hectares of Australia has been cleared for agriculture in
the last 20 years, particularly in the Murray-Darling basin. This
clearing constitutes an area the size of half of Victoria.
* 200 000 hectares of forest is cleared in Queensland every six months.
* 1 in 5 Aussie birds are threatened by clearing.
* 25 have become extinct.
BASICALLY - LAND CLEARING IS KILLING OUR BIRDS!!!!!!!
AND IT BLOODY WELL PISSES ME OFF!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE FIGHT IT - SPREAD THE WORD, THINK ABOUT VEGETARIANISM, DON'T BUY
OLD GROWTH TIMBERS, WRITE TO POLITICIANS... ETC. ETC.
DON'T SAY - "WHAT CAN I DO?"
Scott Field from a uni in Adelaide, Geoff Barrett of Birds Australia and
Hugh Possingham of the University of Queensland were all featured.
Yours in solidarity,
Lorne.
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