I think its important to make a distinction between what one party
might 'just happen to think' and a detailed review of what is being
proposed, and conclusions drawn therefrom.
The 'hoops' that it is claimed farmers will have to jump through will
not even be triggered in a large number of cases, because of the
numerous 'exemptions' and their unenforceability.
I think we should be concerned about learning the lessons of the last
native vegetation act, which went on with all its flaws for 8 years,
and enabled extensive clearing. The main avenue for this clearing
was through exemptions and lack of enforceability, which now beset
the latest Regulation.
The lesson surely is that we should not be taking any chances, and
should be doing everything in our power to make sure this regulation
and supporting documents are as good as they possibly can be, rather
than saying she'll be right mate.......and waiting another decade
before the problems are fixed, whilst birds and other fauna
experience potentially permanent impacts.
And whilst the farming lobby has power, money and quite extraordinary
influence (as Craig pointed out), one of the few things we have going
for us is people who care about these issues taking some action on
them.
And the documents are on public exhibition, which is a rare
opportunity to let the Government know what the people think. So, I
find it very hard to find one good reason not to exercise the little
power that we have to urge for something much better in relation to
landclearing in NSW at this point.
Cheers
Carmel
On 9 Dec 2004 at 15:08, wrote:
>
> I'm not going to get into a to-and-fro slinging match over this.
>
> Instead I'd like to suggest that there is a difference between the
> original "The draft Regulation and other documents will not deliver
> on the Governments promise to end broadscale landclearing" and my
> response "The new system is not a perfect one but I think it will
> deliver an end to broadscale land clearing in NSW."
>
> We seem to be in total agreement that landclearing is a major concern
> for our birds. I just happen to think that what is being proposed
> will result in a bureaucracy that will see broadscale landclearing
> come to an end in NSW. This is because the hoops that farmers will
> be required to jump through will almost certainly result in very few
> applications to clear. Those that are put up will find it hard to
> get through as they will be hard pressed to find suitable offsets to
> compensate for the proposal. This is not an ideal situation, a
> bureaucratic one rarely is, but I think (and I'm only offering my
> opinion here) that it will have the desired affect. I also think
> that as the system is implemented there will be a realisation that it
> is not an ideal solution and it will be modified. These
> modifications will probably make it easier to clear in the future.
> That we should be concerned about.
>
> Cheers
>
> David Geering
>
>
>
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