(par 9.3.2) Jobs versus the environment – the debate Queensland can end

Jobs versus the environment: the debate Queensland can end http://theconversation.com/jobs-versus-the-environment-the-debate-queensland-can-end-37760 23 February 2015, 6.11am AEDT Author: Allan Dale Professor in Tropical Regional Development, The Cairns Institute at James Cook University As Professor in Tropical Regional Development at the Cairns Institute at JCU, Allan Dale receives research funding from Commonwealth and State Governments and various not-for-profit institutions. […]

(par 9.3.1) Just What Is Conservation?

Just What Is Conservation? https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/just-what-conservation By Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine  At Cultural Survival, conservation is a people issue, not a biological one. Trees don’t cut themselves. Streams don’t pollute themselves. the ozone layer is not self-destructing. We are the ones putting our environment in peril. Conservation is the wise use of resources in such a […]

(par 9.3 ) Questions remain over Namibian oil discovery

Questions remain over Namibian oil discovery https://www.dw.com/en/questions-remain-over-future-of-namibian-oil-discovery/a-57560080 By Cai Nebe | Jana Genth ReconAfrica has said it struck a massive oil field in northern Namibia. But locals said they were not properly consulted about the drilling, and environmentalists fear an oil boom could threaten the The rainy season transforms northeastern Namibia from brown and yellow […]