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In article <40f2d8$5iu@manuel.anu.edu.au>, Christopher Dean <cdean> wrote:

> Dear Readers,
> 
> Despite the protests and current negotiations oldgrowth in at least Tasmania
> and SE NSW is still being clearfelled for woodchips to be made into paper.
> 
> The oldgrowth contains many animals and many type of habitat (unique to
> oldgrowth). These animals either die directly or later due to displacement.
> The logged area can no longer support them. 
> 
I have little doubt that we are all doomed. When we go we will take quite
a few species with us as well. Did you know that only 5% of the total
types of plants and animals that have been on the earth exist today. I
don't even care if we blow ourselves up. The radioactive period on the
earth will be small geologically anyway.

> I propose that:
> 1. Their arguments are far too flimsy (often false) and that such
> environmental destruction cease immediately and with government assistance.

They get away with it because traditional media is controlled by business.

> 2. That virgin (unrecycled) paper is not an important enough reason to
> kill animals (prematurely) nor to remove the benefit of such tall and dense
> vegetation. 

Can everyone please limit the newspapers they buy to essentials. Its not
enough to agree with chris, you have to be prepared to reduce the bastards
market.

> 3. That fauna surveys be made compulsory before
> any oldgrowth areas are logged.

Again you need an alternate media.

> 4. That false or misleading advertising promoting woodchipping requires a
> second advert exlpaining how the first was misleading and that such policy
> be backdated to at least 10 years.

Again you need an alternate media.

> 5. That the general public be made aware of the life forms and their
> distribution in Australia's old growth forests.
> 
Again you need an alternate media.

> If you agree in general with these propositions then I think it would be
a good
> idea to create a register of ideas on how to cease the clearing (by the big
> companies and nations involved).
> 

The Internet is the most powerful tools available for presenting
alternative opinions to those of Packer and Murdoch who you will all agree
do a very good job.

Spirit Networks run a Web site for various people and communities. Is
anyone out there able to put some pages together sutiable for schools and
individuals to understand the other point of view? If so mail me. We have
all the Web Page building tools, quicktake cameras etc. to help you.

You only have to look at ancient cities to notice that the ground around
them is deforrested desert. It can't have always been that way.

-- 
Bruce Mcleod 
brucemc@spirit.com.au