SALT RAVAGES AUSTRALIA _ as the DDD worsens_

[Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud]

Salt ravages Australia's environment
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CANBERRA - Australia's natural environment has seen little improvement
in the past five years as salinity ravages key waterways and agricultural
zones, according to a damning report card on Australia's environment.


The report, by a committee of more than 100 scientists, government
agencies and private sector groups, also highlighted growing damage to the
nation's coral reefs, vegetation loss and increased greenhouse gas
emissions.
"Although there has been some improvement since 1996, as a nation we
are not sustainable in environmental concerns," Australian State of the
Environment Committee chairman Bruce Thom said yesterday.

The committee reports on the Australian environment once every five
years.

While it found the nation's biodiversity was better protected and
urban air cleaner, the report highlighted worsening salinity in the
Murray-Darling basin which provides 40 percent of Australia's agricultural
value.

Thom said 5.7 million hectares (14 million acres) of land were
currently at risk from salinity with 17 million hectares (42 million acres)
expected to be impacted by 2050.

The report also found the nation's greenhouse gas emissions increased
by 16.9 percent between 1990 and 1998.

It said ozone loss over Antarctica appeared to have stabilised during
the 1990s, although there was no evidence of long-term ozone recovery.

The Australian government has so far refused to ratify the
international Kyoto treaty to cut greenhouse gas emissions. It signed a
partnership with Washington last month to find practical approaches to deal
with climate change.

Environment Minister David Kemp launched the report yesterday, calling
for cooperation between the nation's federal and state governments and local
communities to prevent further soil and water damage.

The coalition government has established a A$1.5 billion conservation
plan, including A$700 million to battle salinity and water quality.

On a brighter note, Thom said Sydney Harbour had improved
significantly in the last five years, with an increasing number of sharks
sighted off the area's popular beaches as "a wonderful sign of biodiversity
increase



By courtesy of :

--
Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
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The Great Sandy Desert.of Australia
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~~Ignorance Is The Cosmic Sin, The One Never Forgiven ! ~~

 

[SmakDaddy]

Thom said 5.7 million hectares (14 million acres) of land were
currently at risk from salinity with 17 million hectares (42 million
acres)
expected to be impacted by 2050.

farmers fault - they need to stop stripping the land for a few extra bucks

The report also found the nation's greenhouse gas emissions increased
by 16.9 percent between 1990 and 1998.

private industries fault - the state and federal governments need to stop
takinjg 'donations' in return for allowing mfg plants and the like to be
built

It said ozone loss over Antarctica appeared to have stabilised during
the 1990s, although there was no evidence of long-term ozone recovery.

developing countries fault - we at least have environmental guidelines,
developing countries dont, and tend to use inefficient wasteful methods like
that of the early 1900s in europe

The coalition government has established a A$1.5 billion conservation
plan, including A$700 million to battle salinity and water quality.

yeah, when salinity threatens their soil, and hence their crops, the
government forks out the $ to the farmers, same as they do when theres a
drought, storm, or otherwise, but when the farmers have a lucky break, such
as when europe had that whole foot-in-mouth and mad-cow thing, do you think
they gave the tax-taying public of australia any subsidy to the prices that
meat rose to? NO! we had topay the horrible prices that europe had to pay!

 

[Ken Taylor]

"SmakDaddy" <archangel@engineer.com> wrote in message
news:418c1703$1@funnel.arach.net.au...

Thom said 5.7 million hectares (14 million acres) of land were
currently at risk from salinity with 17 million hectares (42 million
acres)
expected to be impacted by 2050.

farmers fault - they need to stop stripping the land for a few extra bucks


The report also found the nation's greenhouse gas emissions
increased
by 16.9 percent between 1990 and 1998.

private industries fault - the state and federal governments need to stop
takinjg 'donations' in return for allowing mfg plants and the like to be
built

It said ozone loss over Antarctica appeared to have stabilised
during
the 1990s, although there was no evidence of long-term ozone recovery.

developing countries fault - we at least have environmental guidelines,
developing countries dont, and tend to use inefficient wasteful methods
like
that of the early 1900s in europe

The coalition government has established a A$1.5 billion
conservation
plan, including A$700 million to battle salinity and water quality.

yeah, when salinity threatens their soil, and hence their crops, the
government forks out the $ to the farmers, same as they do when theres a
drought, storm, or otherwise, but when the farmers have a lucky break,
such
as when europe had that whole foot-in-mouth and mad-cow thing, do you
think
they gave the tax-taying public of australia any subsidy to the prices
that
meat rose to? NO! we had topay the horrible prices that europe had to pay!


Well, the choice is that we pay less, so naturally the farmers would sell

overseas rather than locally to get more money for the meat, since they're
not quite as dumb as you.

It's your fault.

 

[SmakDaddy]

Well, the choice is that we pay less, so naturally the farmers would sell
overseas rather than locally to get more money for the meat, since they're
not quite as dumb as you.

It's your fault.

if they are only looking out for themselves, why should the taxpayer
dollar bail them out time and time again when they hit hard times?

and personal insults are the sign you dont have a clue. poor you.

 

[Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud]

Here is beloz the updqting you requested

QUOTE

SINGAPORE: October 5, 2004


SINGAPORE - After a seemingly unending string of hurricanes and
typhoons, talk that the "little boy" is stirring in the Pacific is unwelcome
news for weather-battered farmers.


International weather forecasters are warning that the phenomenon
known as El Nino could rear up over the next few months, possibly bringing a
wrath of flooding in some parts of the Americas and crop-busting droughts in
Southeast Asia and Australia.
"For a month and a half there have been different forecasts raising
the probability there will be an El Nino," said Tobin Gorey, an economist at
the Commonwealth Bank in Sydney. "So it's been bubbling in the background
for a while."

El Nino, the "little boy" or "Christ Child" in Spanish, occurs when
surface water temperatures remain warmer than usual in the Pacific off South
America. A weakening of trade winds may add to the problem.

The impact can be far reaching, as it was in 1997-98, when it produced
strange weather patterns around the world. In 2002, a so-called mild El Nino
caused big disruptions in Australia.

"The weak-to-moderate El Nino in 2002-03 caused widespread drought,
devastating agricultural regions across much of Australia," said Mike
Coughlan, head of the National Climate Center at the Australian Bureau of
Meteorology.



UNQUOTE

--
Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
Australia Mining Pioneer

~~Ignorance Is The Cosmic Sin, The One Never Forgiven ! ~~










"RJ" <_@_._> a écrit dans le message de
news:_-036159.20061106112004@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...

This is old news. David Kemp isn't even environment minister any more.
Please don't post out-of-date articles in support of your so-called
"curse." It doesn't work, and the fact that it has been raining here,
and there is a good harvest for a lot of farms this year shows how
stupid it is.

Howard and Gallop aren't going to listen to you while you ramble on with
rubbish like this. Write a proper letter, to the correct people, and you
may well get somewhere.

BTW, J-P, you still haven't given an ounce of proof that the Celtic idol
you worship exists either- so we have no other choice but to ridicule
your posts.

In article <418c0feb$0$15748$7a628cd7@news.club-internet.fr>,
"Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" <mining_pioneer (at) yahoo.com> wrote:
ignorantly posted article snipped

 

[Ken Taylor]

"SmakDaddy" <archangel@engineer.com> wrote in message
news:418cc502$1@funnel.arach.net.au...

Well, the choice is that we pay less, so naturally the farmers would
sell
overseas rather than locally to get more money for the meat, since
they're
not quite as dumb as you.

It's your fault.

if they are only looking out for themselves, why should the taxpayer
dollar bail them out time and time again when they hit hard times?

and personal insults are the sign you dont have a clue. poor you.


You obviously work for free coz you don't need to feed a family. And the

personal insult was in return for slagging off at others (farmers). Rich
you??

Ken

 

[SmakDaddy]

"Ken Taylor" <ken@home.nz> wrote in message
news:XBbjd.4459$op3.170501@news.xtra.co.nz...

"SmakDaddy" <archangel@engineer.com> wrote in message
news:418cc502$1@funnel.arach.net.au...

Well, the choice is that we pay less, so naturally the farmers would
sell
overseas rather than locally to get more money for the meat, since
they're
not quite as dumb as you.

It's your fault.

if they are only looking out for themselves, why should the taxpayer
dollar bail them out time and time again when they hit hard times?

and personal insults are the sign you dont have a clue. poor you.


You obviously work for free coz you don't need to feed a family. And the
personal insult was in return for slagging off at others (farmers). Rich
you??

no, I dont work for free, and when the work is good I make as much $ as I
can. But everyone has faced hard times. And unlike the farmers, who put
their hands out to the government when the hard times hit, most people
overcome their problems on their own. Now salinity is making the land
useless becuse the land has been stripped for agriculture (all shallow root
with the exception of some fruits), and instead of putting in native
deep-root trees to try and drop the water level, the farmers just throw
their arms up into the air and tell the government to fix it.

whats it to you anyway, you're in NZ...

 

[Ken Taylor]

"SmakDaddy" <archangel@engineer.com> wrote in message
news:418d75ed@funnel.arach.net.au...

"Ken Taylor" <ken@home.nz> wrote in message
news:XBbjd.4459$op3.170501@news.xtra.co.nz...
"SmakDaddy" <archangel@engineer.com> wrote in message
news:418cc502$1@funnel.arach.net.au...

Well, the choice is that we pay less, so naturally the farmers would
sell
overseas rather than locally to get more money for the meat, since
they're
not quite as dumb as you.

It's your fault.

if they are only looking out for themselves, why should the taxpayer
dollar bail them out time and time again when they hit hard times?

and personal insults are the sign you dont have a clue. poor you.


You obviously work for free coz you don't need to feed a family. And the
personal insult was in return for slagging off at others (farmers). Rich
you??

no, I dont work for free, and when the work is good I make as much $ as I
can. But everyone has faced hard times. And unlike the farmers, who put
their hands out to the government when the hard times hit, most people
overcome their problems on their own. Now salinity is making the land
useless becuse the land has been stripped for agriculture (all shallow
root
with the exception of some fruits), and instead of putting in native
deep-root trees to try and drop the water level, the farmers just throw
their arms up into the air and tell the government to fix it.

whats it to you anyway, you're in NZ...

And if I had a hotmail account I'd automatically be in America?? Don't be

absurd. Although I do admit to being in NZ at present, but I'm an Aussie, so
it is to do with me, so there. Oddly enough, I'm waiting for the cries to
appear of 'flood relief'.....

Ken