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May 08

koala

Some more news, up to the date are coming from Australia. It is public theme now that Ian Hume, emeritus professor of biology at Sydney University,estimated that current levels of global carbon dioxide emissions would result in a noticeable reduction in Australia’s koala population in 50 years! Ian Hume said that he and his researchers found that the amount of toxicity in the leaves of eucalyptus saplings rose extremely, when the level of carbon dioxide within a greenhouse increase. Koalas produce one young each year under optimal conditions, but if you drop the nutritional value of the leaves, it might become one young every three or four years,” Hume said. From about more than 600 eucalyptus species in Australia, koalas will only eat the leaves of about 25, Hume said. Changing the toxicity levels in the trees could further reduce the varieties that koalas find palatable, ” continues Ian Hume.
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May 08

water supply

Good morning or good evening,dear visitors! Due to the global worry of Climate Change we are plenty sure there is no any specific daytime when conscientious and scrupulous human being must try to be part of our initiative,so..let me present You not just another daily topic that is hot news and mainline anywhere around our changing planet and it is about the Australian government’s plans. In order to their Climate Change and Water Minister Penny Wong, ” most Australian towns and cities can no longer rely on rainfall to supply drinking water. “. As they confirm nearby $13bn must be invested for about short period that is no longer than ten years in securing water supplies in the face of climate change! $1bn for the National Urban Water and Desalination Plan, $250m for the National Water Security Plan for Cities and Towns, and $250m for the National Rainwater and Greywater Initiative are just few of the main parts of the government’s project. Under greywater scheme, households should be able to receive rebates of up to $500 for buying and installing rainwater tanks and greywater products in a bid to encourage consumers to do their bit to use water more wisely.
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Aug 27

Protest against Australia and Tasmania Ancient Forest Logging
Here i found a protest against Australia and Tasmania ancient forest logging. It is deeply hypocritical and repulsive that Australia continues industrially clearing its native forests so read the following text below and think for yourself.

Tasmania, Australia’s woodchipping giant Gunns Ltd. is poised to be granted fast track approval by the Tasmanian government to build a massive chemical pulp mill in northern Tasmania. This forest-hungry pulp mill will be a disaster for Australia’s ancient forests, climate, wildlife and future. If built, the US$1.4 billion project would need four million tonnes of logs a year. It would double Gunns’ current rate of clearcutting in Tasmania’s native forests. It will also dump thousands of tonnes of poisonous waste into Bass Strait every day, threatening marine life, tourism and the fishing industry. For way too long Tasmania’s ancient forests - some containing massive eucalyptus trees - have been clearcut to produce paper pulp, mostly for the Japanese market… Continued markets for paper pulp from ancient forest liquidation depend upon this disastrous pulp mill being forced through the Australian legal system… the impact of this massive pulp mill on Tasmania’s ancient native forests, much less regional and global climate, have not been considered. Additionally Minister Turnbull has acknowledged there is insufficient data available to assess the impacts of 64,000 tonnes a day of poisonous waste being released into Bass Strait… (the) Gunns had already signed a contract with construction firm John Holland to start building the pulp mill “in the first week of September”… At a time when Australia’s federal government is proposing funding ancient forest protection and conservation internationally as a measure to a combat climate change, it is hypocritical and repulsive that Australia continues industrially clearing its own native forests. Australia’s ancient forests will still be logged, even clearcut, for throw away consumer products; even as the Australian government calls upon less developed and poor nations to protect their forests for the climate


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