- Created on Saturday, 15 December 2012 00:48 Youtube Land Birds
(click ll to turn off birdsound before seeing film) Act Now!
Land Clearing Laws Under Attack The very sustainability of
farming and the environment depends on a healthy landscape,
soils and rivers. Land clearing is recognised as the greatest
threat to biodiversity as well as being a leading cause of
salinity. It also plays a major role in water quality issues
such as algal blooms. Protecting biodiversity and bushland is
integral to a living landscape. However, across Australia
conservative governments such as in NSW and Queensland are
reviewing land clearing controls and threatened species
protection laws at the behest of farmers and developers who want
to remove valuable bushland. TEC is campaigning to defend these
much needed laws. See next page for our media releases and
updates on the review process. Less than a decade ago NSW had
one of the worst records for land clearing in the world. In 2004
the state sat behind only Indonesia, Bolivia, t