Text in progress, apologies. —— A ‘Caldera’ is the geographical remnant of an extinct volcano. … the soft red volcanic soil washed away over eons, revealing the circular landscape feature of the outer wall of the caldera, formed from a harder magna material inducted below the surface, with the central hardstone ‘plug’ of the volcano…
The North East Forest Alliance is calling for an immediate halt to land-clearing in the light of the Natural Resources Commission’s damning review showing that land-clearing has skyrocketed, the promised off-setting is not being implemented, Areas of Outstanding Biodiversity Value are not being protected, the regulatory map has not been released, and that land-clearing represents a…
From Hop E. The Caldera Environment Centre Inc (CEC) invites local community groups and individuals to form an affiliated coalition to lobby Australian governments (at all three levels) to nominate the Border Ranges bio region as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Biosphere Reserves were promoted as a conservation/sustainability tool and a major part of the ‘Man…
PRESS RELEASE – Caldera Environment Centre 30/8/2011 From Mr. Paul (Hop.e) Hopkins Plans to create a biosphere reserve for the Mt Warning caldera are gaining momentum, after receiving support from Tweed Shire Council. The project, headed by the Caldera Environment Centre (CEC), received unanimous support from the Tweed’s councillors this month. This month’s Council meeting…
Written by Kate McIntosh and Luis Feliu From the Tweed ECHO Thursday, 30 June 2011 – A push to have the Tweed caldera region recognised as an internationally significant ecological site appears to be gathering momentum. At its meeting last week Tweed Shire Council unanimously voted in favour of a motion to bring forward…
