Ekka
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So, you all think the Amazon in Brazil gets a bad deal.
Yet, for decades right under our noses here in Queensland including Brisbane landclearing has been out of control.
The slogan of this State is .... The Smart State. You wont see many with that on their number plates though.
"By the 1980s the cost of over-clearing in southern states was becoming clear. Scientists realised the links between land clearing and soil erosion, salinity and water pollution. Locals noticed that birds and animals that were once a familiar sight, had disappeared from cleared landscapes."
"By 2000 Queensland had the sixth highest rate of land clearing in the world, and Governments were once again under pressure to act to stop the bulldozers."
Over the last decade Queensland has cleared an average of 450,000 hectares of native bushland every year. That’s more than 10 suburban house blocks every minute. In recent years, more than three quarters of all land clearing in Australia was happening in Queensland.
Source: http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/landclearing/queensland/qld_landclearing/
I wonder, does our water situation and drought have anything to do with this event?
Have a look at the maps and decide for yourself.
Yet, for decades right under our noses here in Queensland including Brisbane landclearing has been out of control.
The slogan of this State is .... The Smart State. You wont see many with that on their number plates though.
"By the 1980s the cost of over-clearing in southern states was becoming clear. Scientists realised the links between land clearing and soil erosion, salinity and water pollution. Locals noticed that birds and animals that were once a familiar sight, had disappeared from cleared landscapes."
"By 2000 Queensland had the sixth highest rate of land clearing in the world, and Governments were once again under pressure to act to stop the bulldozers."
Over the last decade Queensland has cleared an average of 450,000 hectares of native bushland every year. That’s more than 10 suburban house blocks every minute. In recent years, more than three quarters of all land clearing in Australia was happening in Queensland.
Source: http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/landclearing/queensland/qld_landclearing/
I wonder, does our water situation and drought have anything to do with this event?
Have a look at the maps and decide for yourself.
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