Hi Tragedy! Good name...

Just go to <akf@savethekoala.com> to get the answer to your derogatory statement. We are not concerend with cutting trees in plantations. we are trying to contain that madness by revegeteting the depleted original ecosystems where a balance between native trees and understorey is essential for our native fauna and flora. Broaden your vision!

Gianni

With respect Gianni, I would claim my vision is broader than yours. It is a bit hard to read an email address you posted but I did look at the Aust Koala Foundation site. The problem with these nutters is they play up the violin strings to high pitch to raise funds for their cause but achieve nothing. I saw first hand the politics behind the battles between the various save the koala groups whilst living at Coffs Harbour in the early 90s. They are a scam and not dissimilar in their motives and modus operandi to the Wildderness Society, ACF etc. They tug at peoples heart strings to remain relevant.

By the way koals are not extinct and Gianni you failed to point out an animal or plant that has become extinct from forestry activity.

In fact I will give you a good news story on koalas. They are now abundant in the European artifact known as the Pilliga scrub. As far back as the 1920s, the locals hardly saw any koalas in that area. Since the 1970s their numbers have been increasing. Forest management of the cypress has created the conditions that they love. However, forestry is now down to piddly levels all because the bureaucrats reckon they are preserving a forest community that existed pre-1750 but they have no idea that it was the farmers (and the rabbits and drought and the foresters) who created this beautiful area post settlement. And we let them make decisions on our environment - god help the environment!

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Major new research from Queensland, Australia "has found a direct link between land-clearing and climate change," [ark] and that land clearing triggers hotter droughts [ark]. Areas throughout southern Queensland cleared of native vegetation were found to have lost 12 percent of their summer rainfall and to have experienced an average 2C rise in temperatures. The study found that land clearing was just as significant in terms of climate change [search] as greenhouse gas production from fossil fuels.

Should these findings hold up and are found to be generalized throughout Australia and other areas globally clearing remaining natural vegetation, it would suggest a major revision in climate change policy-making is due. It is not enough to just focus upon greenhouse gas emissions, but maintaining natural vegetation through preservation, conservation and restoration may be an equally important policy response if global heating is to stopped...