EARTH MATTERS is public and community radio's national environment programme
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Earth Matters
Programme 65b
Juliet Fox
3CR Community Radio
03 9419 8377
ComRadSat Programme 22/1/1999
CUE SHEET
INTRO : "Hello and thanks for joining me ..."
OUTRO : "...bye for now and see you next week."
DURATION : 26'25" (frogs til around 27'25)
Federal Legislation for Regional Forest Agreements
Many listeners will be familiar with the Regional Forest Agreement (RFA)
process - which aimed to end the conflict over the future of Australia's
forest, but its effect has been quite the opposite. There's currently
federal legislation that is looking to enforce the "agreements" in law, and
the federal bill is the subject of a Senate subcommittee.
Today on Earth Matters we speak with Margaret Blakers, adviser to Australian
Greens Senator Bob Brown. Firstly Margaret refreshes our memories as to just
what the RFA process involves, and then she outlines the consequences of the
Bill.
Finally, details are provided about how you can have your say in the current
subcommittee inquiry, with submissions due on January 22nd, but accepted for
a few days after.
Youth and the Environment in the Asia Pacific : Survey
Following a pilot programme in Melbourne, researchers Dr Helen Sykes,
Associate Professor John Fein and Professor David Yencken began a regional
project taking a look at the environmental opinions and attitudes of young
people. The results - while not yet finalised - are suprisingly similar,
with a high level of concern coupled with a feeling of frustration when it
comes to protecting the environment.
The participants of the survey were 16-17 year olds in some 13 countries in
the Asia Pacific region. In each country at least 100 young people were
surveyed, and in Australia surveys took place in both Melbourne and Brisbane
with some 2000 young people involved in each one. Today we hear from
Professor David Yencken about how the survey was conducted, it's results,
and how the findings will be used in the future.
