By :OL - E8
Federal Member for Farrer, Sussan Ley, has welcomed the announcement of a major Coalition initiative to establish a workforce of up to 15,000 people dedicated to local environmental projects across the country.
“If weeds and feral animals are to be controlled, and our rivers are to be revived, a large standing environmental workforce is required. The ‘green army’ would be Australia’s first engagement of large numbers of people on behalf of the environment.”
-2- http://www.google.com.ph/imgres?q=environment&hl=tl&biw=954&bih=539&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=5xdwSEL3m1ZP_M:&imgrefurl=http://journ.ph/2011/08/26/&docid=PODUxp5Miiv9QM&imgurl=http://journ.ph/files/2010/08/environment_volunteering_6401.jpg&w=640&h=480&ei=aNuXTpiiO86OiAekk42sAg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=617&vpy=171&dur=338&hovh=162&hovw=229&tx=152&ty=67&sig=114878929043051931468&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=229&start=0&ndsp=6&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0
Federal Member for Farrer, Sussan Ley, has welcomed the announcement of a major Coalition initiative to establish a workforce of up to 15,000 people dedicated to local environmental projects across the country.Opposition leader Tony Abbott has announced that the Coalition, if returned to government at the next election, will establish a green army, made available on an ongoing basis, to tackle the local and regional environmental priorities.
“This initiative will aim to deliver outcomes right where they are needed – on the ground,” said Ms Ley.
“In the Farrer electorate there are genuine concerns about populations of feral goats, the control of invasive native scrub (woody weeds) and the regeneration of lands which have suffered from soil erosion caused by high winds and long term drought.
“Our catchment management authorities do a terrific job, providing the link between a healthy environment and productive agriculture and communities. They could certainly use this sort of help, particularly after facing massive budget cuts from the Rudd government.
“If weeds and feral animals are to be controlled, and our rivers are to be revived, a large standing environmental workforce is required. The ‘green army’ would be Australia’s first engagement of large numbers of people on behalf of the environment.”Ms Ley says that “a ready environmental workforce set to target the most degraded areas, and other environmental projects, would compliment the existing work carried out by community volunteers.
“This initiative will be the next step in addressing environmental problems in our rangelands as well as ensuring the protection of our native flora and fauna.”
“There is no doubt that we need to do more. A ‘green army’ will build on our ability to act.”
-ends.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environment/big-clean-up/green-army-bins-litter-woes-15141722.htmlIt used to be one of west Belfast’s worst eyesores — but Colin Glen Forest Park has now won a Green Flag award three years in a row.
It’s all thanks to the hard work of people like the volunteers who gathered yesterday as part of the Belfast Telegraph’s Big Spring Clean campaign.
Around 100 litter-pick events, involving a green army of thousands, have been organised, running until April 17 as part of Big Spring Clean week, a joint effort with Tidy Northern Ireland and DOE Rethink Waste.
Colin Glen Forest Park was once home to a landfill and was so badly blighted with litter that visitors couldn’t walk through it, but a major drive saw some 150,000 tonnes of rubbish removed — equivalent to the weight of 15 aeroplanes.
Even though the park is now a beautiful urban oasis for wildlife, the flytippers keep showing up — and yesterday a group of 30 volunteers from DOE’s Environmental Policy Division and Rethink Waste team collected a considerable haul, including a sofa, carpets, tyres, rusted metal, full cans of beer, burnt bits of plastic, bottles, shoes, glass, a pipette, bags of rubbish, shoes, screwdrivers, DVDs, crisp packets and large scraps of metal found in the river.
SOURCES:
Article:
l
Walang komento:
Mag-post ng isang Komento