Bushfire
Well-Known Member
A discussion has taken place in another thread that I feel deserves a wider audience than the title it has would get.
I would strongly suggest before posting to go a read:
APS Thread : 'Australia thinking about exporting again' (The title doesn't give the discussion the justice it deserves) http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/...stralia-thinking-about-exporting-again-134454
and a link posted by Slickturtle http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/p...ciesInsert.pdf (very interesting). It is about WA but in the real world you can put any state in there.
I might be asking for too much here but I am hoping for serious and well thought out responses and ideas here (Not that the above thread wasn't, I just thought the topic deserved a better title).
When I look around the bush these days all I see are systems and resources slowly failing and dying off. We have inherited a system of conservation that is failing us. We are not making headway to many of the threats to conservation. Our governments are slowly realising that they cant save everything thats endangered and funding for projects each year are drying it (It will probably be many more years before they openly admit it).
IMO what people need to realise is that:
a) We just don't have the money. Not only implement projects needed to get species off the endangered species list but to avoid those not on the list getting on the list. We live in a push / pull system where by to put the amount of money and effort required to make a difference in the time frame needed something else has to miss out. Its a sad reality but thats the way it is.
b) This systematic failure to protect natural resources hasn't just happened over night but is something that has slowly been building with each generation. Our environment is in a desperate state of affairs that are being bombarded by so many threats that extinction of species is inevitable as we simply can not keep up. Governments may not like to admit it but you only need to look around you to see we are losing this war despite our best intentions.
c) Once was accept the situation for what it is, you start to think...where do we go from here? How do we get the best and most effectively value for money we spend thats going to achieve measureable and achievable results for our future generations? How do we limit the extinction to the absolute minimal possible?
I believe this is the kind of talking that should be happening right now, not in 5, 10, 15 years time. What future directions should we take in terms of conservation?? It certainly isn't a put everything in captivity and let the ecosystems die kind of solution I'm talking about, although I believe it would be better to survive in captivity than to lose it forever. I for one want my grandchildren and their grandchildren to see the variety of wildlife about that I see today. But sadly I know deep down that without radically new ideas the bush they will see will be nothing like we see today just like today's bush isn't what it was 50, 100, 200 years ago.
Do we just let it happen like we are doing now or do we say hey our conservation efforts are not working we need something new? If our government cant protect our wildlife should the public and industries be given greater access to wildlife in an attempt to avoid extinction of that species? To save some things are better than nothing.
Have you wondered about this? What future direction should we take???
I would strongly suggest before posting to go a read:
APS Thread : 'Australia thinking about exporting again' (The title doesn't give the discussion the justice it deserves) http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/...stralia-thinking-about-exporting-again-134454
and a link posted by Slickturtle http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/p...ciesInsert.pdf (very interesting). It is about WA but in the real world you can put any state in there.
I might be asking for too much here but I am hoping for serious and well thought out responses and ideas here (Not that the above thread wasn't, I just thought the topic deserved a better title).
When I look around the bush these days all I see are systems and resources slowly failing and dying off. We have inherited a system of conservation that is failing us. We are not making headway to many of the threats to conservation. Our governments are slowly realising that they cant save everything thats endangered and funding for projects each year are drying it (It will probably be many more years before they openly admit it).
IMO what people need to realise is that:
a) We just don't have the money. Not only implement projects needed to get species off the endangered species list but to avoid those not on the list getting on the list. We live in a push / pull system where by to put the amount of money and effort required to make a difference in the time frame needed something else has to miss out. Its a sad reality but thats the way it is.
b) This systematic failure to protect natural resources hasn't just happened over night but is something that has slowly been building with each generation. Our environment is in a desperate state of affairs that are being bombarded by so many threats that extinction of species is inevitable as we simply can not keep up. Governments may not like to admit it but you only need to look around you to see we are losing this war despite our best intentions.
c) Once was accept the situation for what it is, you start to think...where do we go from here? How do we get the best and most effectively value for money we spend thats going to achieve measureable and achievable results for our future generations? How do we limit the extinction to the absolute minimal possible?
I believe this is the kind of talking that should be happening right now, not in 5, 10, 15 years time. What future directions should we take in terms of conservation?? It certainly isn't a put everything in captivity and let the ecosystems die kind of solution I'm talking about, although I believe it would be better to survive in captivity than to lose it forever. I for one want my grandchildren and their grandchildren to see the variety of wildlife about that I see today. But sadly I know deep down that without radically new ideas the bush they will see will be nothing like we see today just like today's bush isn't what it was 50, 100, 200 years ago.
Do we just let it happen like we are doing now or do we say hey our conservation efforts are not working we need something new? If our government cant protect our wildlife should the public and industries be given greater access to wildlife in an attempt to avoid extinction of that species? To save some things are better than nothing.
Have you wondered about this? What future direction should we take???