Yep, writ large this pretty much sums up the whole anti-environmental backlash. "Those smelly, hairy, progress-denying pinko's have destroyed capitalism!"
If only environmentalism had been a quarter as successful!
thanks for your contribution - bill - i'm genuinely sorry about having to switch on the 'moderation' process but comment spammers have really been cluttering up this journal!
Take a virtual Ridgetop Tour, the Arkaroola Sanctuary's famous 4WD trek - and see what the state government has proposed as being worth protecting, or sort of worth protecting - or not really worth any extra protection at all! You may be surprised...
images from those areas of the arkaroola wilderness sanctuary that 'seeking a balance' has designated to be potentially mineable to greater and lesser degrees - including 'standard mining access only'(i.e. no special protection required! you might be quite surprised at some of the areas that don't make the grade...)
for all the images see the undermined set on flickr (also available as a slideshow)
those submissions whose authors gave permission for their publication are available here - this includes my own
interestingly current mining proponent marathon resources chose not to make its submission publicly available
save arkaroola website
the save arkaroola website has been launched - click the links to visit it!
see SA the miners way!
see south australia as the mining industry does by taking the walk-through of SARIG, the primary industries' department's SA Resource Information Geoserver
it's an eye-opening resource in itself - and you might be very surprised indeed!...
this journal is a section of the unknownsa site, which is run by the photographer bill doyle
the site feature extensive collections of photographs of wild regions in south australia, and highlights campaigns designed to protect them
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arkaroola sanctuary owners oppose the mine
"We don’t want a mine – of any description – on Arkaroola"
the owners of the multi-award winning arkaroola sanctuary don't want marathon resources or any other miners active in the heart of their sanctuary
arkaroola - the targetted area
click the icon above to see the spectacular mount gee region - and other areas that have sustained or are facing mineral exploration impacts - in the arkaroola wilderness sanctuary by viewing the 'arkaroola - would U mine it?' slideshow on flickr
or click here to access all the images via thumbnail
just to the north in the sanctuary, and also currently unprotected from potential depredations from the mining industry, lies the magnificent mawson plateau
click the icon above to see the mawson plateau slideshow on flickr
or see the mawson plateau set here on the unknownsa site
the features section displays all the regional collections of images available on the unknownsa site; some examples are displayed below -
the flinders ranges
kangaroo island
katarapko / murray river np
the flickr photo-sharing site is a massive, fully-searchable online collection of photos uploaded by account holders all over the world - it's a convenient, flexible, and elegant way to store and arrange photos and collections of photos online
I am a botanist and photographer based in Adelaide, South Australia.
I manage the unknownsa website, which began life as an online campaign base opposing the magnesite mine proposed for the Weetootla Gorge in the Vulkathunha National Park in the northern Flinders Ranges of this state (we succeeded, and the whole park is now fully protected from mining operations)
I also have an extensive collection of photographs online at flickr under my 'middle name' liam jon d
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ReplyDeleteYep, writ large this pretty much sums up the whole anti-environmental backlash. "Those smelly, hairy, progress-denying pinko's have destroyed capitalism!"
If only environmentalism had been a quarter as successful!
[runs off to look at his logical fallacy list...]
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I am so sorry that the croc is unavailable. I wanted to introduce him to my friends. Hope he will be back soon
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