This is minor compared to a lot of the damage which is going on, however
every little bit hurts that little bit more. Please ask the NSW
government to prevent this sale happening.

The actual e-letter is at
http://www.npansw.org.au/web/conservation/elobbyCROWN.htm

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: FW: [Spatial Ecology] [The Ecology Centre] Help to stop the
sell-off of100, 000s of hectares of public lands
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:27:35 +1000
From: <Anthony.Richardson@...>
To: <Brooke@...>



Fyi

Ant





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*From:* spatial.ecology-bounces@...
[mailto:spatial.ecology-bounces@...] *On Behalf Of *Jessie Wells
*Sent:* Tuesday, 21 August 2007 11:06 AM
*To:* ecology.centre@...; enviro-people@yahoogroups.com;
uq_ec@yahoogroups.com
*Subject:* [Spatial Ecology] [The Ecology Centre] Help to stop the
sell-off of100, 000s of hectares of public lands



Your *help is urgently needed to *prevent the conversion of 6,000 high
conservation value Crown leases totalling hundreds of thousands of
hectares including endangered woodlands and wetlands and 72,000 hectares
of Identified Wilderness, into private land. The process started on 1st
July, but it's not too late to make a difference.



Please send an email or letter from the following site:

http://www.npansw.org.au/web/conservation/crown_land_selloff.htm



It takes a minimum of 20 seconds = high impact to effort ratio. (i.e.
please do it ! )



NSW implemented a moratorium on the conversion of leasehold lands in
1990. The Minister for Lands lifted this moratorium in 2004, and the
sell-off will begin soon unless we act urgently to prevent it.



The complete set of 11,500 leases cover 3.4 million hectares of NSW (an
area half the size of Tasmania).



These are *public* lands that have priceless *conservation* values.

The protection offered on freehold conversion is inadequate. The
continuing high rates of land clearing (more than 50,000ha/year) still
taking place throughout NSW is proof positive the moratorium must stay.
Once the Government converts the land to freehold the lease conditions
preventing the clearing of vegetation and subdivisions no longer apply.
Even the recent changes to vegetation clearing laws still contain
significant loopholes, and are weaker than the conditions governing
Crown leases.



thanks

- Jess



__________________________



Jessie Wells, PhD student



jessie.wells@...



(07) 3365 1671 or 0430 389 397



The Ecology Centre, School of Integrative Biology

University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia




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