EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am & much more!! Earth Matters Program 88a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 26/11/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "(shane rattenbury) The WTO can =85"=20 OUTRO : "... see ya later." DURATION : 26'15" (frogs til around 27'15") World Trade Organisation meets in Seattle It's being called the Battle in Seattle with labour, consumer and environmental activists gathering to protest against the meeting of the World Trade Organisation. Established in 1995, the WTO was set up to regulate and liberalise global trade and today it includes over 130= countries. Shane Rattenbury is the Poltical Officer for Greenpeace Australia, and today he outlines how the WTO has affected environments globally, and gives us the details on a recent report by Greenpeace on safe trade. IN: "Perhaps the most =85" OUT: "=85 on it's delegation." DUR: 7'00 WTO and eco-labelling and genetically modified foods >From November 30th World Trade Organisation representatives will enter into what's being called the Millenium Round, which could see further rules that fail to take account of the affect global trade has on the environment.=20 Anna Reynolds is attending the WTO talks in Seattle and today she joins us to outline the Australian Conservation Foundation's concerns about the future of eco-labelling and genetically modified foods.=20 IN: "I'm going as =85" OUT: "=85 focus on that as well." DUR: 7'15 Land Clearing in Queensland continues =85 Some 85% of vegetation cleared in Australia occurs in the state of Queensland and yet the current Beattie Labor Government has stalled in its moves to legislate for land clearing restrictions. Today 3CR's Geraldine Cahill speaks to Imogen Zethoven of the Queensland Conservation Council about the ongoing push to stop the clearing of vegetation throughout Queensland and the extent of the land degradation. IN: "1997 showed 340,00 hectares =85" OUT: "=85 introduced together." DUR: 7'30 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink