Good luck with that – I don’t believe the current administration is likely to listen to anything but their own voice, if they decide that hunting, fishing or whatever will happen in National Parks I don’t believe anyone would have a hope in hell of stopping them…….
I see a torrid time ahead for what’s left of the natural environment in Queensland.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012, at 09:17 AM, Ronda Green wrote: > I was at the Destination Q forum, with the premier and various ministers > discussing what was needed to boost the tourism industry. > > I spent most of my time in the ecotourism workshop, as did the premier > > Hunting and shooting was not discussed in the sessions I was in, but when > I returned after attending another session towards the end of the day, > hunting and fishing in national parks was up there on the board – no > mention of whether it was just ferals, or what kinds of restriction or > regulation, and no time left for discussion. > > We need to ask a lot of questions. > > I had said earlier in the day that while I agreed with simplifying some > of the red tape, we need to have more research on where various > activities could and couldn’t be sustainably added to various parks, and > to provide baselines for on-going monitoring of effects, but the premier > later said we need to just start doing these things and then see if > they’re sustainable: I don’t see this as a good way of finding out the > effects on our more cryptic species > > Cheers > > Ronda > > Ronda Green, BSc(Hons) PhD > Araucaria Ecotours > http://www.learnaboutwildlife.com > platypuscorner@bigpond.com > ph 61 7 5544 1283 > Visit us on Facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/AraucariaEcotours > Araucaria Blog: http://araucariaecotours.com.au > > Chair Wildlife Tourism Australia: http://wildlifetourism.org.au > Chair Scenic Rim Wildlife: http://scenicrim.wildlife.org.au/ > Adjunct research fellow, Environmental Futures Centre, Griffith > University > > > > > > > > > > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > ===============================
