World Wetlands Day: an empty vessel without environmental flows

Greens MP Ian Cohen is calling on the NSW Government to revive the State’s most neglected wetlands on World Wetlands Day (2 February 2010) through better water management and more effective environmental flows.

Clean Up report proves Container Deposit Scheme needed

The report from Clean Up Australia Day 2009 shows that six of the top ten items in the recovered rubbish were related to beverage containers, including bottle caps and glass pieces. Aluminium alcohol beverage cans rose from seventh to the third in the top ten list in this year’s report. These items made up 29.7% of the top ten items found in last year’s clean up

Unsustainable logging referred to NSW Auditor General

Greens MP Ian Cohen is referring Forestry Minister Ian Macdonald and Forests NSW to the Auditor General for their unsustainable management of the Riverina Red Gums. “The Natural Resources Commission (NRC) report on the River Red Gums has provided the necessary research for the NSW Auditor General to seriously question the assertions of Minister Macdonald and Forests NSW,” says Mr Cohen. “Minister Macdonald has previously claimed Forests NSW management of River Red Gums is consistent with world class environmental practice. I would question whether logging 70% beyond sustainable levels in an internationally significant wetland meets such a standard.”

Surfing ‘near death accidents’ could be avoided

Greens MP and avid surfer Ian Cohen believes increased use of surfing helmets could prevent horrendous accidents similar to that of 10 year old Pascal Dattler in Byron Bay last week. Pascal’s skull was shattered in a surfing accident where the board of another surfer hit Pascal in the head. Ian, an experienced surfer of 40 years has been wearing a surfing helmet for the last decade.

Keneally Government on road to extinction as International Year of Biodiversity launched

With today’s official launching of the International Year of Biodiversity by the United Nations in Berlin, the Keneally Government should be outlining how it’s addressing declining biodiversity in NSW.

Pushing for a NSW Container Deposit Scheme

Protecting our ecological heritage in the River Red Gums

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