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 …»»
Weed Management in Australia is a high energy industry. It is based on mowing, slashing, burning, mulching, spraying, grazing. Whilst prevention is the obvious first step in weed management, Australia’s horticultural and agricultural industries have offered little help. These industries are responsible for many plant species being used, sold, distributed and promoted prior to them then taking hold as weeds. These industries also appear to offer herbicides as an acceptable answer to mainstream Australian weed …»»
Engineers have a critical role to play in the management of our Coastal Zones for projected climate change scenarios. Here are some search results at google for coastal zone management and Climate Change . Here are some bluecray environmental search engine results for the same. You can find the CSIRO and BOM CLIMATE SNAPSHOT (15th March 2010) at these search results HERE . The above photo is of PK, looking out from the Hinterland, over …»»
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 …»»
Introduced, naturalised Honey Bees and Native Black Honey Bees in Organic Garden Upper Burringbar, NE NSW, Mt Warning Caldera Region, Australia Kremen Lab Group : “In California, our recent findings show that a diverse community of native bee pollinators can provide sufficient pollination services for crops without the addition of managed colonies of honey bees (Kremen et al. 2002), but that this service critically depends on the availability of natural habitat in proximity to the …»»
The Mullumbimby Community voice of concern via the Mullumbimby Community Action Network and the NSW Department of Planning voice of approval, through the ” Mullumbimby Supermarket Approved after thorough assessment ” media release are two completely different stories. They should serve as a warning to many small communities in the Mt Warning Caldera Region of NE NSW and SE QLD, Australia. Mullumbimby is a beautiful, at times flood prone town that lies on the Brunswick …»»
The Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology has a cancelled Tsunami Warning on its warnings page today (16th January, 2009). Whilst the coastline of Australia is no stranger to Tsunamis, the current population living on the coast may be all but totally ignorant as to the type of response needed when faced with a tsunami warning. NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has some current info on Tsunamis. USGS Earthquake Hazards Program has an Earthquakes Centre with …»»
Hello Benjamin These photos are for you. I took these photos in my yard at Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia, where I live. The baby crows in the photos are my friends. The three baby crows live in the trees beside my house, with their mother and father. Baba O’Riley is the eldest child. Benoit Mandelbrot is the middle child, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is the youngest. Baba is a very …»»
Can Do Better Sylvia Hale, Greens MLC