Despite being confronted with the full force and influence of Woodside and its bedfellows, dissenting communities are fighting might with right. Woodside Vs The Goodside
Eastern states ecologist Malcolm Linday has examined the number and location of bilby burrows on the peninsula, amidst concern the planned Kimberley gas hub could impact the threatened species.
He says it is clear bilbies are living in the area and have been for some time.
Mr Linday say he has found evidence of an active bilby colony outside the precinct but within in an area that Woodside has permission to clear.
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Professor Flannery said in a statement that it was critical for emergency and health services, as well as the public, to have the best information from scientists.
''Ignoring it or shooting the messenger will not reduce the threat of climate change, it will just mean that Australia is less prepared,'' he said. ''We'd be living in the past to think that Australia did not need to prepare for a changing climate.''
Professor Flannery, a palaeontologist and author who was Australian of the Year in 2007, has been seen as a polarising figure by some because of his calls to phase out large-scale use of fossil fuels.
Palaeontologist, Dr Steve Salisbury from the University of Queensland, Goolarabooloo Lawman, Richard Hunter and Scientist and former Australian of the year Tim Flannery on the Goolorabooloo coast early morning over Easter examining dinosaur footprints in collaboration with Broome Dinosaur Trackers.
A Climate Commission report released on Wednesday examined links between Australia's extreme weather and human-induced climate change. It found natural events were being influenced by climate change, because greenhouse gases are accumulating and trapping extra energy in the Earth's atmosphere and oceans.
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and Malcolm is a marine biologist so he probably wouldn't know a real bilby from a darryl lea version.
ReplyDeleteThis is very ammusing, they go on with it yet it is common knowledge within Broome that these animals are from Wildlife park.
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Where the bilby colony argument loses credibility is that DEC claim that they have approached the relevant people for details of the sites but these details are not forthcoming.
ReplyDeleteFirst question is "Is DEC claim true?"
Follow up question, "If it is true, why will participants not reveal sites?"
In addition to that last comment. It should be noted that if it is true that the bilby researchers are refusing to hand over the details to DEC then it does not necessarily follow that the animals come from the wildlife park, as the other writer suggested. It may be the case that the researchers simply do not trust DEC with the information. If this is the case then that is where the edge is on this conflict because now we are looking at establishing paralell process to those that already exist (i.e. DEC). Furthermore, if we are talking about paralell processes, then isn't this the "duplication of services" argument that is being made against the TOs behind the gas deal?
ReplyDeleteMaybe I am all getting a little too far ahead of myself here but were I to be an activist with input, here, I would be fortifying my stance against DEC with a good understanding of the way they work and the person I would be speaking to is Jess Beckerling.
woof woof.