Wendy
I do not disagree with your sentiments at all - in fact I strongly agree.
However, how many other activities / issues are also affecting the health of
our environment and its wildlife that also could be discussed on this
"birding" forum. I can suggest:
Murray - Darling water policy
Petroleum based transport affecting environment
Farming methods & crop selections, e.g. irrigated rice-growing
National Park and State forest burning practices
Cattle grazing in natural environments
Pest animals (buffalo, goats, cats, foxes, cane toads)
Government policy on land clearing - especially Qld
Government policy on support for environment protection / preservation /
restoration
Indigenous landcare practices - habitat burning
Alternative energy initiatives - wind power, solar power and their impacts
on natural environments
Offshore oil exploration potential & real impacts
Climate change!!!
Nuclear energy to eliminate fossil fuel use!!!
Etc., etc.
All of the above, and many more, are VERY important to the overall health of
the environment in which birds live. But I really feel that this forum
cannot be the appropriate place to open a fully ranging discussion of each
of these issues.
I would suggest that a simple message directing interested people to an
alternative website, email list, discussion forum, blog or whatever is as
much as this forum should contain.
Most respectfully of your strong feelings
Bob Cook
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Wendy
Sent: Tuesday, 10 August 2010 6:08 PM
To: Birding-aus
Subject: Dick Smith's Population Puzzle
Bob Cooke wrote "> A bit off topic for this forum???"
No.
The recently approved massive UGB expansion of Melbourne to supply (money
for developers &) housing for our rapidly growing population into previously
designated 'Green Wedge' areas is destroying massive areas of grassland and
other habitat and migratory routes of many birds and other species and
habitats upon which they depend.
Coastal housing developments around here impact on coastal species like
OBParrot.
All over Australia, and the world, growing human population is threatening
life on this finite planet. Increasingly energy and material wasteful
lifestyles of humans, especially those of us in countries like Australia and
USA is bringing on climatic changes, environmental disasters (e.g. Timor
Sea, Gulf of Mexico and MANY African oil spills), plastic ocean pollution
and so many other things that are impacting on our environment including
BIRDS.
Some, I hope many, of us are interested in these topics. Personally, I am
disinterested in some other topics but do not wish to stop their discussion.
I hope B-Aus continues to be a broad forum.
Wendy
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