Organic Farming Changes Agriculture from a Huge Carbon Source to a Carbon-DESTROYER

Posted on April 30, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog

From Source of 35% of All Carbon Worldwide to Carbon Sink

Science China Press reports (via the American Association for the Advancement of Science):

Approximately 35% of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) come from agriculture. Some argues that human can reverse global worming by sequestering several hundred billion tons of excess CO2 through regenerative, organic farming, ranching and land use. Increasing the soil’s organic content will not only fix carbon and reduce emissions, it will also improve the soil’s ability to retain water and nutrients and resist pests and droughts. read more

Fukushima Worse than Chernobyl- ENENEWS

Fukushima Worse than Chernobyl: “Effects of Radiation Have Become Much More Severe” — “Enormous Decline” in Animal Species

By ENENews Global Research, April 21, 2015 ENENews 17 April 2015

Dr. Tim Mousseau, USC biologist: “The declines have been really dramatic… now we see this really striking drop-off in numbers of birds as well as numbers of species of birds. So both the biodiversity and the abundance are showing dramatic impacts in these areas with higher radiation levels, even as the levels are declining.”University of South Carolina, Apr 15, 2015 (emphasis added): Dwindling bird populations in Fukushima… as several recent papers from University of South Carolina biologist Tim Mousseau and colleagues show, the avian situation there is just getting worse… They recently published a paper in the Journal of Ornithology showing results from the first three years…Many populations were found to have diminished in number as a result of the accident, with several species suffering dramatic declines… What might be most disheartening to the researchers involved, and bird-lovers in general, is how the situation is progressing in Fukushima. Despite the decline in background radiation in the area over these past four years, the deleterious effects of the accident on birds are actually increasing. read more

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Technology To Decommission Fukushima Needs To Be Invented: Tepco

By Richard Wilcox Global Research, April 06, 2015 Activist Post 5 April 2015

Anyone with a brain could have told you back in 2011 at the time of the Fukushima nuclear triple meltdown that Tokyo Electric (Tepco) was lying about the true condition of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant No. 1 (“Dai-ichi”). Four years later, Tepco officials have finally admitted that it may not be technologically possible to decommission the plant.

The long history of the criminal insanity and negligence of the nuclear industry is revealed in our book, Fukushima: Dispossession or Denuclearization? (edited by Nadesan, Boys, McKillop & Wilcox) which was published last year, and includes detailed chapters from a number of writers who document the nuclear crimes. read more

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Fracking will ruin sacred, preserved sites in the ‘American cradle of civilization’ – lawsuit

Published time: March 14, 2015 16:37

From rt.com

A Navajo advocacy group has asked a federal judge to halt hydraulic fracking permits in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, claiming that drilling threatens a historic UNESCO heritage site considered sacred by Navajo, Hopi and Pueblo peoples.

Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment and three other groups have sued the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and US Department of Interior, calling on a federal judge to vacate the 130 fracking permits issued by the BLM and enjoin fracking activity in the Mancos Shale of the San Juan Basin until the BLM adheres to the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act, according to Courthouse News. read more

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Shutting off Tap Water: Revenge of the Rainforest

by Robert Hunziker / February 27th, 2015
From Dissident Voice

Imagine this scenario: The following is a Public Service Announcement by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Water, July 4, 2015: Because of low water levels in state reservoirs, the Division of Water proclaims a statewide water-rationing program. Starting next month, on August 1st, 2015, water service will turn off at 1:00 P.M. on a daily basis for an indeterminate period of time. Service will return the following morning. read more

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Building Resilience and Limits To Growth: Nicole Foss

We are approaching many limits to growth over the next decades: Economic contraction, peak energy and geopolitical stress. Nicole Foss explains how the deflationary dynamics that always follow finance and property bubbles will rapidly impact individuals and communities, while the longer acting forces of peak oil and climate change will limit the nature of any economic recovery. So how can we adapt?

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Seeds and Soil vs. the Tyranny of Corporate Power: A 2015 Message of Hope

By John Queally Global Research, January 04, 2015 Common Dreams 1 January 2015

It has been declared ‘the International Year of the Soil,’ but the year ahead, according to Dr. Vandana Shiva, will also see key developments in the global fight to overthrow corporate power with true democracy.

Last year, the United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organization officially declared that 2015 would be celebrated as the International Year of the Soil citing the threat to one of the key ingredients to the planet’s food and farming systems posed by “expanding cities, deforestation, unsustainable land use, pollution, overgrazing and climate change.” read more

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10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice – Submissions by November 14

(From Nature Conservation Council)

The pressure is mounting on the Baird Government over the 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice (the Code) which is seeing thousands of trees cut down across Sydney and the state. Due to the public outcry the government has announced a review of the Code. Please see our submission guide to help you and your organisation to make a submission by November 14.

Thank you for your help in getting this far.

It is vital that there is an immediate moratorium on the application of the Code until the review is completed. Please consider adding this request to your submission. read more

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Updated Chlamydia Vaccine

DEAR KOALA SUPPORTERS,

We have great news : the launch of a “Pozible” crowd funding campaign for a vaccine to protect koalas from the deadly Chlamydia virus

Research scientists at Sunshine Coast University have developed this vaccine and now need to test it on koalas in the wild

Team Koala believe this to be the MOST important project we have ever supported.

Catching the Chlamydia disease is a death sentence for koalas but it will continue unabated due to the stresses of human co-habitation.

We simply MUST discover a vaccine against Chlamydia. read more

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Toxic Outer Environment = Toxic Inner Environment

Toxic Outer Environment = Toxic Inner Environment

by Dr Jimi Wollumbin – Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine.   (facebook-drjimi wollumbin)

You don’t eat too much junk food, you drink moderately and have cut down on your Cuban cigars – so you probably don’t need to detox right? Wrong! The latest studies show that even the penguins in Antarctica need to detox dangerous levels of DDT and other Persistant Organic Pollutants (POPs) that are showing up in their systems. Well that’s probably just all the seafood they eat right? Wrong! Papua New Guinean tribal women who eat an exclusively organic & theoretically pesticide free diet have also been shown to have dangerously high levels of POPs in their breast milk. The terrifying truth is that even the unborn are not safe with a staggering 287 POPs & Endocrine Disruptors having been identified in cord blood – 180 of which are confirmed carcinogens. I could go on. read more

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Boorman’s Rd Limpinwood Development Application Knocked Back by TSC

[AKA Boorman’s Road Unauthorised Development]

Tweed Shire Council Planning Committee Meeting 4th September

RECOMMENDED that Development Application DA14/0013 for a boundary adjustment at Lot 2 DP 1130911 No. 707 Limpinwood Road, Limpinwood; Lot 136 DP 755724; Tyalgum Road, Tyalgum –

BE REFUSED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

1. The development is not considered to be consistent with clause 4 – The aims of the Tweed Local Environmental Plan 2000;

2. The development is not considered to satisfy Clause 8(1)(b) – Consent Considerations of the Tweed Local Environmental Plan 2000 as the development is considered not to be in accordance with the aims and objectives of the plan relevant to the development; read more

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When Profit Trumps Democracy – by Aidan Ricketts

How dare Metgasco seek taxpayers money from the government to ‘compensate’ them for their own poor business judgment? What an outrageous sense of entitlement it reveals. Whatever happened to the old idea that businesses made profits partly because they took risks. This insidious idea that speculative companies have some right to be compensated for democracy has to be resisted, and we should all call on the state government to stand strong and refuse to bargain with Metgasco.

Continue reading at …. http://aidanricketts.com/profit-trumps-democracy/ read more

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Gold Coast Airport Concerns

[From Lindy Smith]

Above Referral was listed on the EPBC site 10/7/14. It includes the proposed clearing of extremely significant vegetation of the entire southern development area in NSW (GCA site S/E) of 31.7ha, realignment of Coolangatta Creek (GCA now reference as airport drainage reserve) and earthworks. The Referral falsely states,“Coolangatta Creek commences at Betty Diamond Park” when the catchment of this Creek starts west of Tugun Heights (Tugun Bypass EIS Fig.8.5).

Realignment of Coolangatta Creek to GCA southern boundary is to the area severely impacted from oxidation of ASS resulting in extreme levels of acid/heavy metal contamination of groundwater (and at times surface water) from construction of the Tugun Bypass. Contrary to claims these conditions still exist (the genie is now out of the bottle). read more

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Tweed developer to face NSW Land and Environment Court

ORIGINAL LINK: http://calderaenvironmentcentre.org/?p=1998

***Update: Unauthorised works Boorman’s Rd, Limpinwood ***

DEVELOPER TO FACE NSW LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT

At the last Tweed Shire Council Planning Committee meeting, it was recommended that:

1. Issues a Notice of Direction to take clean-up action under Section 91 of the Environment Operations Act 1997, to the owner of the site, to undertake remediation works on the adjoining property Lot 2 DP 815182 and adjoining parts of Hopping Dicks Creek; and read more

Limpinwood Pollution Event Linked to Earthworks, Land Clearing

On the 18th of April 2014, members of the Caldera Environment Centre attended a location at Boormans Rd Limpinwood, identified as Lot 127, DP 755724, to investigate allegations of unauthorised earthworks and land clearing.

The impetus for this investigation was a significant flood event that resulted in a massive industrial debris and sediment load entering into the pristine Hopping Dicks Creek and a well-known frog and platypus habitat.

The sediment plume of red soil was observed as far downstream as the Oxley River Bridge, approximately 15km from the Limpinwood site. read more

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Land Clearing Information from Local Land Services

Clearing that requires approval

Native Vegetation Act 2003

Native Vegetation Regulation 2013

NCLLS NVA General information – North Coast Local Land Services – Information about administering the Native Vegetation Act 2003

OEH – List of current RAMAs – Office of Environment and Heritage – Routine Agricultural Management Activities

OEH – Rural Infrastructure RAMAs buffer distances – Office of Environment and Heritage – Clearing Buffer Distances

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Clearing the laws on vegetation clearing – By Nina Lucas

Originally published by EchoNet Daily 19/06/2014 – http://www.echo.net.au/2014/06/clearing-laws-vegetation-clearing/

Nina Lucas Proposed NSW government changes to the rules governing the clearing of native vegetation on private land could undermine the current ban on broadscale clearing.

Native vegetation plays a vital role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystems which is particularly important in the northern rivers as one of Australia’s most biologically diverse regions.Vegetation clearing is a major contributing factor to biodiversity loss, soil erosion, salinity and climate change. read more

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Save Ballina’s Koalas Campaign – Friends of the Koala

Media commenced yesterday on the Save Ballina’s Koalas Campaign.

With the release in November of the Koala Habitat & Population Assessment for the Ballina LGA, the declaration of the entire Woolgoolga-Ballina upgrade as a “controlled action” under the EPBC Act and funding cutbacks there may be a long shot possibility of changing the [RMS] preferred route through the Blackwall Range.

The estimated koala population of Ballina Shire is put at 285-380 with over half in the southern part of the Shire. Section 10 of the highway upgrade will plough through the middle of the Lower Richmond’s koala populations. read more

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Sustainable Energy Solutions

Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change

Stephen Bygrave reviews this new bookMark Diesendorf, Associate Professor and Deputy Director at the Institute for Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales, has a new book, Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change. I’ve had the opportunity to have a quick read and it is a nice complement and addition to the Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan.

The book is divided into 3 parts; Part A focusing on basic energy concepts, Part B on the technologies and systems for energy supply (which includes a short section on transport); and Part C on the policies to transform the energy system.

The energy concepts section highlights the massive changes in energy patterns since the industrial revolution and is a timely reminder of why energy remains such an important aspect of our world and also such a contributor to climate change. The section on technologies provides a useful update on the status of renewable energy, including concentrated solar thermal but also energy storage.

There is a section referencing the work of Mark’s PhD student, Ben Elliston, on simulating hourly operation of the National Electricity Market (NEM), demonstrating that in 2010 renewable energy could have supplied the whole of the NEM with electricity with the same reliability as fossil-fuelled power stations.

There a couple of obvious omissions — for example there is a section on Zero Carbon Britain but no reference to Zero Carbon Australia and the work of Beyond Zero Emissions. Apart from that — well worth a read, even for the converted.
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Kings Forest Letters of Objections to EPBS Referral

Message from Caldera Environment Centre and Team Koala

Thank you to everyone who filled in a letter of objection or submitted their own objection.

The following Letters of Objection were today delivered to James Warren and Associates In Ballina.

•           2,142 letters as per attached (this includes 123 with detailed additional comments and 82 with brief additional comments).  These submissions were collected over a 6 day period between 30 November and 5 December 2013.

•           1,007 letters designed and collected by Jenny Hayes, Team Koala and members of her organisation. read more

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Climate Change in the Tweed- Greg Reid

Message From Yasser at: TweedCAN <info@tweedcan.org.au>

Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:31 PM

Tweed Climate Action Now member Greg Reid sent us a report he compiled on the impact climate change has had on the Tweed Shire in the last 5 decades.

I’ve included it below, and as an attachment. It’s well worth reading.

[See pdf: Climate-Change-in-the-Tweed_GregReid  ]

Please consider doing something about climate change. Here are two simple things you can do:

=&0=& – ensure your money is not invested in fossil fuels: http://gofossilfree.org/australia/ =&1=&
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Lock the Gate- “Fractured Country” Video November 2013

Lock the Tweed    invites you to:

–      See the latest 30 min video from Lock the Gate    “Fractured Country”

–      Hear about the latest developments in the Northern Rivers and beyond.

–      Defend your community and the Tweed Valley!

–      Discuss: Where to now?

 $10 entry (includes meal)

FUNDRAISER FOR LOCK THE GATE AND THE ANTI-CSG CAMPAIGN

Starting at Tyalgum: Community Hall  Sat 2nd November 2013  6pm.

then    at   Uki:            Community Hall  Sat 9th November 2013  6pm. read more

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TSC launches Tweed Platypus Project

Message From: Matthew Bloor [mailto:MBloor@tweed.nsw.gov.au] Sent: Wednesday, 23 October 2013 4:38 PM

Dear Caldera Environment Centre,

Tweed Shire Council is undertaking a brand new Platypus Project with the aim of protecting platypus habitat and reducing threats to Tweed platypus populations. The project aims to use community education to harness community support and involvement.

The project will work with the community to

  •         Raise awareness and understanding of the platypus
  •         Report platypus sightings
  •         Start a Platypus Watch Group
  •         Protect and conserve Tweed waterways

Council is engaging a community artist, Kris Martin, to weave a 3m long platypus from cats claw creeper vine, starting on Saturday 2nd November at Uki Hall Park. Kris will be based at Uki for the week (to Friday 8th) and several school groups are visiting to help out. Interested members of the public are welcome to pay Kris a visit and Thursday the 7th is open for people to help weave the platypus and learn how it is done. See the website site for an example of Kris’s work artisean.com.au read more

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Planning Bill introduced- Your Rights bulldozed

Message from Kate Smolski-   

Nature Conservation Council of NSW   [mailto:ncc@nccnsw.org.au]

This week, after two years of preparation, Planning Minister Brad Hazzard introduced the Planning Bill 2013 to the NSW Parliament.

Government has made a number of concessions in response to widespread community concern about the draft planning laws.

But the revised legislation still falls far short—it remains unbalanced and unfair, placing the interests of developers and industry ahead of the local communities and the environment. read more

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Red Alert for Pilliga forests [NCEC]

North Coast Environment Council

Email From: Susie Russell
Sent: Sunday, 20 October 2013 11:27 AM

Message from Naomi (Wilderness Society Newcastle)

LATEST MESSAGE FROM NAOMI – re the Pilliga Red Alert:
“Hi everyone,

Thank you so much for the amazing level of support that has been shared
today from far and wide. It is very heartening to know so many people are
excited and willing to come together and defend the Pilliga forest from coal
seam gas industrialisation.

The north east area of the Pilliga is currently buzzing with Santos
activity; trucks, utes, rigs, pipes and bulldozers. In response to this high
level of activity and looming drilling plans, a camp has been proposed. read more

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Funding Opportunity for improving Fish Habitat in the Tweed River

CEC Message:

Local Bush Regenerator Ian Walker (whose latest book ‘Bringing Back the Big Scrub’ is for sale at the CEC shop) is asking local landholders, residents and businesses in Murwillumbah and surrounding regions to participate in a funding opportunity aimed at improving fish habitat in the Tweed River system. The Caldera Environment Centre supports this initiative and urges people who are interested in learning more about this grant to contact Ian Walker. Please read the following information. read more

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Tweed Shire- unbottled water best

Echonetdaily reports on Tweed Shire initiative to discourage consumption of bottled water

Council water-unit officer Elizabeth Seidl said in the article that ‘Australia’s annual consumption of bottled water exceeds 600 million litres, even though Australians are able to drink some of the best tap water in the world.

Ms Seidl said the safety of the Tweed’s tap water ‘is equal to the best bottled water and better than most’.

She also said bottled water caused major environmental problems with discarded bottles creating ‘massive amounts of landfill and litter on our streets and beaches’. read more

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CEC Submission to TSC Economic Development Strategy- 05 July 2013

The Tweed Shire Council is developing an Economic Strategy document that is designed to help guide the future economic development of the Tweed Shire. The Caldera Environment Centre has been involved in planning sessions hosted by the council and has responded to the draft strategy (a copy of the draft discussion paper is available via the link below) with the following submission.

CEC Submission PDF:  Submission-to-Draft-Economic-Strategy_Final_2013-07-25

The major issue that the CEC has with economic analyses such as these is their inherent selfishness and lack of consideration of social and ecological considerations. Recent trends (as demonstrated by the prominence economic discussion receives in the media) seem to be emphasising the importance of economic success above other aspects of life and personal well-being. The CEC submission highlights the failures of economic “science” in not being a proper scientific discipline, but rather a pseudo-science, and outlines alternative economic views that have their roots in ancient thinkers such as Aristotle. read more

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Rural Land Strategy- CEC Submission to Tweed Shire Council 31-May-2013

Submitted 31 May 2013

The Caldera Environment Centre (CEC) would like to make the following submission to the Tweed Shire Council Rural Land Strategy.

Introduction

As discussed below, The CEC promotes a sustainable ecological ethic of housing development. We disagree with the concept of small rural subdivisions, and would promote an alternative paradigm of rural settlement based on the ideas of Multiple Occupancies (MOs). This would enable the ‘best of both worlds’ where land parcels are kept intact from renegade industrialists, local communities are fostered and population growth can be maintained. There are lessons to be learned from past experiences with MOs, particularly in terms of land management and self-sufficiency. However, that should not be a reason to limit them in favour of cloning city-suburbs (like what is being proposed for Mooball or at Mebbin Springs) in the middle of nowhere. It is important with this ruralising development that wildlife corridors are an integral part of the planning proposals. Effort needs to be made so that there is no further fragmentation or degradation of ecosystems and that the riparian zone is protected. If well managed, these corridors may be expanded with agroforestry and could provide the timber required to eventually replace the housing in the clusters by selective logging. read more

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NCEC- Draft Bill a Blueprint for Planning Dictatorship 19-April-2013

From Ian Smith

19 April 2013

I’ve skimmed the whole ‘draft exposure’ bill, and read a lot of it in some detail, just once so far. Forget White-Paper-full-document.pdf on the gub website, it’s a puff piece. Read the whole bill. Even without considering what it doesn’t as yet ‘expose’, it’s not hard not to see it is a blueprint for dictatorship by this government, the minister and his appointed minions at a level not seen in Australia for generations.

Local government?  Dealt with, if need be by the minister declaring a ‘sub-regional’ panel of his choosing.  One example: no CSG? No council. read more

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SUBMISSION TO THE SENATE INQUIRY INTO EPBC AMENDMENT BILL 2013

Committee Secretary

Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications

(Submitted online)

4 April 2013

Dear madam or sir

SUBMISSION TO THE SENATE INQUIRY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013

Thank you for the opportunity to submit the views of the Caldera Environment Centre (CEC) in relation to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013

The Caldera Environment Centre is located in Murwillumbah on the Far North Coast of NSW, and its membership extends across the Northern Rivers region. The CEC has consistently opposed coal seam gas (CSG) exploration in the Northern Rivers for reasons outlined below. read more

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TREE Magazine Vol.11 Issue-1 Autumn 2013

EDITORIAL

Our organisation suffered a huge loss last September when our founder and beloved leader, Hop.e Hopkins, left this mortal coil. We would not exist without him, and his ethical, calm, determined commitment to our cause ensured we stayed largely free from sabotage and foolishness. As a kind of gift to us as he left, his passing has resulted in a rejuvenation for us. Old precious people have returned to help, and new, young ones have stepped up. We are stronger now than we have been for a long time, at least in terms of those who do the work. Our financial situation remains tenuous, and we are keenly looking for sponsors to ensure we keep going for another 24 years. Anything you can do to help will be greatly appreciated. read more

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Caldera joins Better Planning Network

Caldera Environment Centre

During last year CEC became an affiliate of the Better Planning Network (BPN) (flyer attached), as part of a widespread community response to the Review.

BPN is circulating a petition (attached) which requests the NSW Parliament to:

  • establish a multi-party Committee to fairly assess the proposals to amend the planning system and to ensure that the community’s rights of participation, consultation and appeal are not reduced; and,
  • ensure that the consultation period on the Government’s final proposals (the White Paper) is at least six months long.

Although this is very short notice as many signatures as possible are needed. Please print out the petition and at least sign it yourself (if you haven’t already). It is perfectly acceptable to have just one signature on the form – it does not need to be filled in its entirety. The NSW government will accept petitions in hard copy only. read more

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CEC Submission to TSC- Planning Reforms – Draft LEP 2012

The General Manager

Tweed Shire Council

PO Box 816

Murwillumbah NSW 2482

18 January 2013

Planning Reforms – Draft LEP 2012

Caldera Environment Centre (CEC) is extremely disappointed that Tweed Shire Council has rushed the draft LEP to exhibition due to pressure from the Minister for Planning. The Minister’s media release appears to be the justification for placing the Standard Instrument LEP on exhibition without giving full consideration to the protection of environmentally significant areas by zoning these areas E2 and E3. The media release in September 2012 stated the Minister “will not endorse the use of the E2 and E3 environmental zones on land that is clearly rural in council LEPs on the Far North Coast”. read more

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Glenugie Update- Police move in on protesters

NEWS FLASH: Glenugie Update

7th January 2012

From:  Chris Aitchison,   Secretary Caldera Environment Centre

For over 50 days, a contingent of brave, caring, and representative people from across the Northern Rivers region successfully hindered Metgasco’s attempts to access a Glenugie property, where it plans to undertake exploratory drilling for coal seam gas (CSG).

The blockade was reportedly broken this afternoon, whereupon police escorted a drilling rig on to the property.     (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-07/glenugie-csg-blockade/4455468)     At least 12 people have been arrested for asserting their democratic right to peaceful protest, and for resisting the push by unconventional gas miners (with the support of the NSW State Government) to turn the beautiful Northern Rivers into another gas field. read more

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Draft Tweed Shire LEP 2012- CEC Comment

 Draft Tweed Shire LEP 2012 – Coastal Koala habitat loses over 1200ha of protection

The Tweed Shire draft LEP 2012 is currently on exhibition for public comment. During the exhibition period there have been four public workshops to explain the draft LEP, with a fifth workshop to be held at Tweed Heads in early January.

Council promotes the draft LEP as a rollover of the current Tweed LEP 2000. This current LEP includes environmental protection zones in the west of the shire. The LEP 2000 was revised in 2010 when a draft LEP 2010 was put on public exhibition. This draft LEP provoked a public response with over 400 submissions with the majority being concerned about the loss of environmental protection zones in the west of the shire. Tweed Council did not proceed with the draft LEP. Amendment 21 which was adopted by council and supported by the Department of Planning in 2010 provided environmental protection zoning to the majority of areas of native vegetation remaining east of the Pacific Motorway. read more

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Kings Forest- Letter to LEDA 14-Dec-2012

Mr Reg van Rij

Regional Manager – Residential

LEDA Developments Pty Ltd

PO Box 1914

Surfers Paradise QLD 4217

14 December 2012

Dear Mr van Rij

Thank you for your letter of 6 November 2012, and for the invitation to engage with your company in relation to the Preferred Project Report (PPR) for the proposed Kings Forest development.

The Caldera Environment Centre (CEC) acknowledges some improvements on previous proposals. In particular, the CEC welcomes commitments to ensure that littoral rainforest will remain intact, to install water tanks at residences, to design road crossings that facilitate safe fish passage, to prohibit the keeping of cats, and to utilise appropriate native plant species in landscaping projects. The CEC also acknowledges some nominal improvements to the Threatened Species Management Plan. read more

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