31st May 2008, 12:58 PM
|
#1 |
| Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
Posts: 12,820
|  Tasmania prohibits tree plantations on agricultural land
Tassie moves to stop tree plantations - 30/05/2008 Quote:
Friday, 30/05/2008
In Tasmania, a new law will stop prime farming land being used for tree plantations.
The Tasmanian Government says fertile farming land in the state is becoming scarce, and must be protected for food production.
Councillor Malcolm Ryan, from Burnie in the state's north west, says the move is critical for Australia's future.
"We are going to be the foodbowl of Australia shortly and if we don't keep these plantations off this good producing land, we are not going to be able to buy food," he said.
"You look at what's happening in the Murray Darling region. You have a look at what's happening overseas with droughts, with turning food-producing land into bio-fuel land.
"We are going to be very very important for food production in not only Tasmanian terms, not only in Australian terms, but in a global context."
| |
|  |
Linear Mode
