Tasmania’s Protection of Agricultural Land Act (PAL) is a step in the right direction - at last. And we have Paul Lennon to thank for its farsighted approach to agriculture.
The Act does two things well, it defines plantation trees as an agricultural crop, and it stops non-plantation ‘development’ on agricultural land thus protecting the land for our future. We know that the future belongs to forestry, so the land should be protected for forestry.
For thousands of years, trees covered Tasmania and protected the land. Then along came white settlers and started cutting it all down and building houses and stuff all over the place. Now it’s a shambles with silly little farms and crap everywhere.
The answer is PAL, no question. Get people living in urban centres where they're happier and closer to the shops (cutting transportation fuel needs and thereby protecting our delicate environment), leaving the rural areas to trees, that protect the land just like in history.
There's lots of benefits to PAL for loggers of course. We can more easily acquire the land we need from farmers, Nitens is recognised as an agricultural crop (at last) and we can spray (as is our right) without worrying too much about drift.
Another important advantage plantations bring is that all the trees being harvested can be clearfelled and provide the logging industry with a consistent product. All the trees will be the same age and same size. This means less waste and that is a real bonus
So there you go. All the details in a nutshell. More later.
5 comments:
People need to look at PAL and take the hint, I reckon.
Move into town where you'll be happy and leave the country to the masters of the bush - forestry.
We don't need expensive hospitals, or expensive doctors, or expensive anything. We just need room to turn a dozer and skid a log.
Oi, PAL could have some negative consequences couldn't it? I mean maybe some people really need to develop their land, like with buildings and stuff. Although living out there amongst all these trees while they're being sprayed is a mugs game really.
What about a special motel for people to stay in while we're spraying? It would be a real moneyspinner. Murals of plantations on the walls and everything.
Wow. An investment for my super perhaps?
Ontra prenure
Great concept buddy, but under PAL you can't build a tourist development in a rural area cos' it buggers up the land (anti-PAL if you see my meaning).
Maybe we could ask Konsie for special category for non-tourists who need motels?
Why should the public be told what's in FT's forest supply agreement with Gunns.
It's not as if they have any business knowing. Whose forests are they anyway, Forestry Tasmania's or what. You'd think the public owned the things going by the whinging of the Green fellow travellers and the like.
Look, if everyone moved into the cities it would be better for everyone. In cities its nice, there are fewer bugs and you don't have to worry about those big log trucks. The country is too dangerous, there's poison in the water and its a long way to everything.
You have PAL to thank for that
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