Open letter to Tony Burke MP, Minister for Environment
Dear Tony,
Please ensure our National Parks are protected from destructive practices such as mining, logging and grazing across Australia. This is an issue of critical importance.
National parks are the cornerstone of our conservation effort. They protect not just native plants and animals, but whole ecosystems. They also provide clean water, air and opportunities for rest, recreation and respite for millions of Australians and visitors alike.
But despite their title, the national (Australian) government has very little to do with most national parks at present.
State governments across Australia are talking about offering up our national parks for logging, grazing, mining, large-scale tourism developments and other destructive practices for short-term political or commercial gain.
The damage this would cause would last for generations. The Federal Government needs to act now, in this session of Parliament, to protect our national parks and reserves system.
I ask that as a matter of urgency and in order to stop destructive logging, grazing and mining in national parks, that you please table the necessary legislation under the EPBC Act to make national parks and reserves a matter of national environmental significance.
This would be a truly great legacy for nature and national parks.
External links
Dear Tony,
Please ensure our National Parks are protected from destructive practices such as mining, logging and grazing across Australia. This is an issue of critical importance.
National parks are the cornerstone of our conservation effort. They protect not just native plants and animals, but whole ecosystems. They also provide clean water, air and opportunities for rest, recreation and respite for millions of Australians and visitors alike.
But despite their title, the national (Australian) government has very little to do with most national parks at present.
State governments across Australia are talking about offering up our national parks for logging, grazing, mining, large-scale tourism developments and other destructive practices for short-term political or commercial gain.
The damage this would cause would last for generations. The Federal Government needs to act now, in this session of Parliament, to protect our national parks and reserves system.
I ask that as a matter of urgency and in order to stop destructive logging, grazing and mining in national parks, that you please table the necessary legislation under the EPBC Act to make national parks and reserves a matter of national environmental significance.
This would be a truly great legacy for nature and national parks.
External links
- Make national parks and reserves a matter of national environmental significance, Victorian National Parks Association (you can send a similar letter from here)
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