Conservation
Response to the Moreton Water Plan
This week we submitted our response to the Moreton Water plan public consultation. We raised five main points: 1. Concerns about the right to extract from Enoggera Creek 2. Environmental management downstream from SEQwater-managed reservoirs 3. Management of...
Tension between space for infrastructure and natural habitat
The Queensland government is inviting comments on its South East regional plan. Its a 192 pages document, which takes a lot to read and understand. Over the next decades population growth is expected to be quite high and infrastructure needs to hold pace. In other...
Threatened Species Need More Protection
Threatened species need more protection, but often actions are undertaken too late or in a way that are not far reaching enough, or create further stress on vulnerable populations of plants or animals. You will have read about grasslands being bulldozed over,...
Cycling is becoming more popular
Those of us who cycle for commuting, to school work or recreation clearly notice that cycling is becoming more popular. E-bikes make it feasible to easily tackle Brisbane's famous hills and allow everyone regardless of age and fitness level to get around on the...
Have you seen the latest IPCC report?
Every few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports on the state of the global climate outlook. This year's report is the most comprehensive and was compiled by a global group of scientists, so that all areas of the world were represented. The...