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From: coulter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Lau, Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Glen Drury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 11:55 AM
Subject: Submissions to the Southern Regiona Forest Agreement
> Here are copies of my three submissions on the SFRA. If you want the
> schedules, let me know. The analyses shows what a sham the whole process
has
> been. The forest ecosystems and the old growth targets are achieved to the
> maximum extent possible from available public lands by reserving no more
> than 35,000 ha yet they propose the reservation of 196,000 ha for the
> highest wood production scenario or 262,000 ha for the lowest wood
> production. What a grab and what a nonsence it has been spending all these
> years developing scientific criteria and studying since 1992 and then
> distorting the findings.
> The next argument is that they need to reserve additional areas to
> rationalise the boundaries but this should be able to be achieved by
adding
> no more than 50% of the areas required to achieve targets - not 5 to 7
> times.
> I am still trying to get the flora and fauna base target data. I have been
> told by both forestry and NP&WS officers that they are secondary to the
> forest ecosystems (my analysis shows that the old growth targets require
the
> greater reseve areas to meet targets). I followed up again this morning
but
> don't know what I'll get. The NP&WS office in Queanbeyan which has been
> doing the work closed last Friday.
>
> Interestingly, I was told that the date for receipt of submissions was
> extended to last Friday.
>
> Having shown that as many forest targets as can be met from available
public
> lands area achieved by the reservation of much smaller areas, the
arguments
> will turn to corridors and (of all things - greenhouse and the need to
have
> room for the flora and fauna to migrate to higher altitudes as the
> temperatures rise). This of course is nonsence - forests perform equally
as
> well as formal reservations for these purposes.
>
> Aust for the Bush should be getting as wide publicity on these points as
> possible.
>
> Regards
>
> Garth
>
Three Submissions to SRFA.doc
