QueenOz

Yes I know how you feel. Most of my formal education at university level and Tafe is Environmental based. In this line of study we focused on all sectors of ecology not just the animals or just plants - but everything in nature and how it all interlinked. I often stood there in absolute disbelief at some of the things I witnessed out in the field and also from academic reports. I think for me when it came to fauna I was left with a feeling of horror at how careless and thoughtless the government bodies that are supposed to be there to protect reserves and state parks were when it came to permitting housing developments to creep into these areas. You would think that they would relocate the native animals and any rare native plants first - but the first thing sent in is a bulldozer and it just goes like a monster and clears acres of native habitat making way for residential houses. I realise that progress for human habitat in the environment means that such areas need to be cleared to make room for our population expansion and housing. I just always wondered why the government bodies never had some sort of relocation policy in place for newly pegged out native habitats to become a housing site. You would think with all the experts in their team and on their staffing that this would be a compulsory element and first step a developer must take when cracking into our native reserves and park land. I always think that it is money only that drives all such decisions and even when it comes to so called conservation etc it also has a price that the so called protectors of such places will sell out for and to.

Isis