Environmental Advocacy within the Mt Warning Caldera Region
Environmental Advocacy within the Mt Warning Caldera Region on East Coast of Australia tells a story as old as human settlement itself. Currently, development pressures, lack of understanding of local habitat issues, a long history of land clearing, catchment flow alteration, aquifer non-management, unsustainable farming methods and human settlement consequences, within the Mt Warning Caldera Region, have compounded the need for widespread Environmental Advocacy.
The subsequent loss of biodiverse habitats, increasing threatened flora and fauna species and water quality issues have resulted in many community efforts to advocate for the unique ecological components of the Mt Warning Caldera Region.
Advocacy for the Environment has become a popularised issue for many people in recent times. However, there are still ill-informed land management practices occurring within the Mt Warning Caldera Region.
One major issue facing the Mt Warning Caldera Region is that, besides the Australian Federal Government, two State Governments (New South Wales & Queensland) hold legal custodianship, concerning Environmental Legislation, Policy Direction and Development Practices.
There are also a number of different Local Government Councils operating within the Region as well.
Environmental Advocacy Groups and Individuals have played an important role in preserving and enhancing the Mt Warning Caldera Region. Global Agreements, Federal and State Government Policies and Legislations from the last few decades of the 20th century have reflected the call for assistance by past and present Environmental Advocates. The Mt Warning Caldera Region has many Reserves, National Parks, environmental strategies and regional plans attached to it. Some of these Parks and Reserves have existed for many decades and others more recent. New species of flora and fauna are still being found in the Region. And development is still a contentious issue in many local areas of the Mt Warning Caldera.
It is also hoped that the legal issues that surround the Mt Warning Caldera Region may be better understood, by reading and studying some of the links below.
Environmental Advocacy can be done at many levels, from helping your neighbour create wildlife corridors, finding a recycling depot and letting others know about it, to writing to your local member or simply learning to respect the inherent values of biodiversity that remain within the Mt Warning Caldera Region.
“Burn out” is a common phrase found amongst certain Environmental Advocates. Often too much is done by too few. This form of Environmental Advocacy has been essential to bring the Region into the 21st century. Now it is up to each and every one of us to work out how we may play our part in Environmental Advocacy within the Mt Warning Caldera Region. No matter how simple or great our efforts are, we all play a part.
We all live here, breath the air, drink the water, share the spaces. Working together, and respecting one another, and listening to our different views, no matter how much we may disagree is part of the process.
One of the simplest Environmental Advocacy methods is to “do it in your own back yard”. So, have a go, create the vision and make a difference.
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- Bluecray Search Engines – Advocacy Links and Regional Environmental News – Mt Warning Caldera Region – an update
- 2008 – Year of the Frog & The Mt Warning Caldera Region
- Land and Water Stewardship in the Mt Warning Caldera Region – food for thought
- Environmental Advocacy Collages Jan-Mar 2009
- Environmental Advocacy Collages – Phantom Koala
