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In article <4arvne$hjg@vector.wantree.com.au> rob@wantree.com.au (HOXYGT) writes:
>From: rob@wantree.com.au (HOXYGT)
>Subject: Whats the Story
>Date: 15 Dec 1995 14:11:58 GMT

>I subscribe to this topic about Australian Environment and how many
>articles are there.....one! If anyone even visits this newsgroup
>please put in a word about anything, any oz environmental problem,
>salinity, logging, erosion etc etc.

I thought the same thing and was just about to give up and go looking for a 
more 'sociable' group. O.K, I'll start the ball rolling and see what happens.  
I read in the Brisbane Courier Mail this morning an interview with 
conservationist Aila Keto who says that not only is it vital that our 
rainforests are protected, but that we should be looking at their 
economic viability as well (and this in turn would encourage 
conservation).  She notes that one that one quarter of pharmaceuticals 
come from the natural environment and that although countries such as Central 
America and Costa Rica hace successfully synthesised drugs from these natural 
blueprints, Australia is way behind the eight ball.  I thought this 
interesting because usually commercialism/money and conservtion issues do not 
normally sit well together, but I can see that they actually can.

Cheers,

Donna