On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 04:38:11PM +1000, Graham Turner wrote:
> Hmmmm, lets think of what we could do with $200 million for
> greenhouse projects within Australia, just
> not geosequestration.
Its a global problem so money should be spent where it's most effective
irrespective of national borders. The federal government's climate change
policy has been dismal and some of its ministers' attitudes to science
are just embarassing - but this sounds an excellent move.
Climate change aside the large potential benefits to biodiversity
consrvation - birds included - mean this should be strongly applauded.
David Lindenmayer's take is worth reading:
http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20070329-200m-for-forests-cleaning-up-Indonesias-backyard-at-the-expense-of-our-own.html
Andrew
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