A short slide show, based on the central eastern coast of Australia – Mt Warning Caldera Region. Environmental Advocacy Pictures, photography and collages in this slide show examine:- * local extinction * habitat loss * discernment of habitat loss consequences from people with lots of money and power doing inappropriate things * koalas * wallabies * the balances and types of simple * decisions we can make to help our Australian native wildlife and the …»»
The EDO (Environmental Defenders Office) has created a Major Projects Toolkit for the people of NSW, Australia. The Toolkit can be found at the EDO website. It is easy to read and understand. “The toolkit comprises a step by step guide to the Part 3A process with information on opportunities for public participation and ideas for how to achieve best practice outcomes” (from EDO website) The EDO Major Projects Toolkit is a simply presented 21 …»»
Endangered ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY : Coastal Cypress Pine Forest (Callitris columellaris Forest). This ecological community was once widespread along the coast of Australia in various forms. It is threatened and very much at risk(*see below) and is listed by the NSW Government. The LEDA development (Leda Group owned by Bob Ell) at Kings Forest and other nearby potential URBAN and INFRASTRUCTURE developments pose serious threat to these sparse Ecological Communities that are now scattered through the …»»
The NSW Government, in Australia, is currently undergoing more public scrutiny concerning developer and government corruption. Corruption in land dealings has had a long history along the eastern coastal strip of Australia. Also, money and ego can play a large part in the well being of Australia’s environmental sustainability for future generations. Below are a a few links that may help you understand what is happening in the Tweed Coast concerning development. Concreting the Coastal …»»
The Kings Forest Development (Leda Group) shows us some interesting facts about the “perceived right of way” by developers concerning inappropriate development of sensitive areas on the Far North Coast of New South Wales. The EDO (Environmental Defenders) has highlighted that Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 has resulted in “The limited capacity for members of the community, or even other environmental agencies, to have their voice heard and the reduced …»»
Threats to threatened species on the NE NSW Coast of Australia are increasing, due to inappropriate developments by developers who have a history of disregard for habitat and wildlife. Engineering and developments that cause land to become bare, vegetation to become fragmented and biodiversity to lessen for long, or even relatively short periods of time hold no place in this modern world of stress and foreseeable biological disaster. The precautionary principle, “Where the possibility exists …»»
The Kings Forest Project Development in Tweed Shire ( Mt Warning Caldera Region – NSW, Australia ), by the property Group, Leda, has had an extension for Public Submission made, by the NSW Department of Planning. Kings Forest,on the coast near Kingscliff, NE NSW, is a beautiful, bio-diverse State Significant Site (Part 3A of the NSW Planning Law) with Koala and other fauna habitat, freshwater coastal wetlands, swamp Schlerophyll Forests. **FOR People wishing to find …»»
Can Do Better Sylvia Hale, Greens MLC