The Richmond Birdwing Butterfly is a truly beautiful butterfly. Listed as threatened by the Qld Government, this Birdwing Butterfly has a renowned presence in the Mt Warning Caldera Region of NE NSW, Australia. The Richmond Birdwing Butterfly is cited as one of the many outstanding evolutionary features of the World Heritage Listed … Continue reading
This is the Mt Warning Caldera Regional Links page. The Mt Warning Caldera Region stretches from North-Eastern New South Wales, across the border, into South- East Queensland. It encompasses 2 main Regional Catchment Authorities, (Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority and SEQ Catchments (a Regional Natural Resource Management Partnership). The Region includes over … Continue reading
Condong Mill, Sunshine Electricity, Delta energy, individual land owners and other Bioenergy consortiums, providers, merchants and “tradespeople” are currently conducting a war on biodiversity in the Northern rivers of NSW, Australia. How? By working with Forests NSW to destructively harvesting Camphor Laurels as biofuels to create GREEN ENERGY. They are currently doing … Continue reading
Minister for the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts, Peter Garrett, has opened a National dialogue on National Cultural Policy (October 2009). There is both a FORUM for discussion, ideas and comment , and opportunity for making a FORMAL SUBMISSION on our future National Cultural Policy. The website page at this link:- … Continue reading
Education, especially when it incorporates CONTINUITY and places Environmental Learning above Economic Learning, is extremely valuable. This is so, both for Australians and indeed, the entire WORLD. THE THREE “R” – reading, writing and arithmetic, when integrated fully within an ENVIRONMENTAL learning base, can give our youth incredible knowledge and prepare them … Continue reading
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts – homepage Surface Water Resources and Murray – Darling Basin e-Resources 2005 (at MDBC Intranet) – facts about the Murray Darling Basin Ministers concerned with WATER – (Australian Government) Homepages – as at 12th March 2009 . Also media release subscriptions can … Continue reading
The Village Journal – Service Directory, Community Notices, Local News, Environment, Local Landcare Groups Whian Whian State Conservation Area Draft Plan of Management – submissions due by 23rd June 2008 Whian Whian State Conservation Area – and Forests of NE New South Wales - some recent history Nightcap National Park – Gondwana Rainforests at … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading