tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58742632011-12-17T10:04:29.567+11:00The most complex issues we face require competencies in cutting and context------Competencies that take decades to develop. Share with us your experience of hardedged conservation surgery that cuts more than skin deep but doesn't cost the earth in blood being split . Sponsored by Eforcejourneymanjnoreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-33215563596156474622011-12-17T10:04:00.000+11:002011-12-17T10:04:29.580+11:00

At the heart of much unproductive debate on conservation this decade is the failure of the worriers to FIND OUT where the vulnerabilities of particular ecosystems lie . The actual job of assessing these boundaries is diminishing . The only result that I think is possible without professional ecological engagement is eventual public indifference to the political squabbles run in ignorance and for

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-2280259255789427962011-06-18T11:57:00.002+10:002011-06-18T12:02:54.414+10:00

The Greens (this week) seem to think the best way to stop bad behaviour is to ban it. They want to ban live exports of animals and will use any examples of bad behavoiur to try and lever an even bigger "seachange" in how we see and use meat and grazing animals. The banning will not work because the greens are being hypocritical over this issue and the public will see through this eventually.

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The first 10 years of the new millennium will go down as "The decade of Who care's " in conservation. Who really cares anyway?- is it all too hard or all too simple ???? If you are just an onlooker to the practical and theoretical science questions let me make it perfectly clear . You will have to look very carefully to make sure you find someone who speaks and acts like a scientist with

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Sorry post modernists are a sorry lot - lost the idea that people and ideas can make a difference. I started this blog POST today after our Prime Minister announced a great big new tax that will cause us all to do good - great good, she thinks. That and the flood levy symbolize just how limited a vision they have of all the range of things that are really threatening us here . First of all as a

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I'm afraid you won't learn the answer to this question from any politician/ or therefore media wannabes ) in our country because they are ALL using the most complex profession and conservation challenge as a political football. Its Quite pathetic how much hot air , and our money , is wasted simply on hot air. emotional not rational . we must act rationally if we are going to do more than air our

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It was true when i started this blog and its still true today . Unless Governments stop playing football with my profession, it may well be a profession of little note in ten years time. Australians in 2020 certainly won't be leading in it as there were in 1980's. The art and science of sound practice should not be something that is the subject of constsnt change and experimentation - and yet

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Here they go again- Polys trying to tell us what they know about what we already know . While the word may not be familiar to farmers the idea is . Tragically though its new to the wannabes. They LOVE new toys . Before you know it we will have yet another QUANGO or INVESTMENT company/ CRC to duplicate and frustrate progress of the people on the land/ those who know their stuff. Absolutely

Little Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-38824455785195684542009-02-23T14:15:00.009+11:002009-02-25T10:20:27.940+11:00

Us greens are in the firing line over the most disasterous fire in Australia's history. And rightly so ! We know its not easy to get those who don't care motivated. But we as a group, have let the simple talk dominate ( "trees are good , preserving the trunks and branches, even when dead, is of supreme value ") The complex and complete eco talk required to retain our credibility is going . We

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-9963376654247580652008-09-12T18:08:00.007+10:002008-09-12T21:27:44.835+10:00

Bob brown believes in it : Mr Garnaut believes in it; Perhaps even the Opposition believes in it . The truth ? what is truth ? The majority believe in it so it must be right, right? Wrong. From a practical scientists point of view this NEW fixation with ONE form of soil fixation is a dark and empty distraction when focus is needed. Clearly Mr Garnaut is not on top of the issues, to lose

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-73788795861690604082008-08-18T09:52:00.012+10:002008-08-18T14:11:30.213+10:00

I think the sheep are thinking - don't be like us : we can't help it ; we are sheep!. Either wishy washy or overly fear driven, the government are wasting our money on ad campaigns that tell us how to suck eggs or insult our intelligence.If I was Kevin Rudd , I would call in all these kindergarten level advisors ( the problem is clearly endemic) and ask them to consider and demonstrate their

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-16206364877090732782007-11-22T22:11:00.000+11:002007-11-22T22:27:03.709+11:00

Conservation organisations are good at identifying problems ; not always so good at getting solutions right .Full marks to Planet Ark for calling for a tap driven water solution. Not before time infact far too late - we could have bought up half of some overgrazed desert region by now with the money ! If Australians stopped wasting resources by buying bottled water, heaps more conservation

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-32475868170990217162007-08-16T05:54:00.000+10:002007-08-29T18:09:05.058+10:00

Its true " You can do almost anything if you have enough money" .Polys , especially before an election tend to believe this. After all, its not their money they are spending and they can do almost anything !!!??/.Mr Turnbull is happy to spend big on the environment. But His big water iniiative going a bit cold with the weather . Does he know what he is doing ? Clearly ALL those in parliaments

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as a result we have? ----Greasing the wheels of the environment?Story : The Tasmanian government has recently HAD to change env planning legislation to get things happening in the state ( Pulp Mill) .Finally something as a big as a state gets to feel the harsh wind of environemntal studies that cost the earth and take as long to complete . How big does the problem have to get before our polys do

Little Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-52205184060110501162007-06-27T07:26:00.000+10:002007-06-27T07:45:53.021+10:00

YESTERDAY Rudd offers to buy everyone a water tank ( cost 250 million )blissfully unaware that for urban australia the idea makes no practical water, health and economic resources provision sense. let alone cost of installation and maintenance of an effective system!!!) Pity he,campbell bracks and brumbles aren't listening to the former PS commissioner Podger who is today reminding the leaders

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-84356874516629927692007-05-10T11:37:00.000+10:002007-05-10T13:06:55.976+10:00

Nothing better illustrates the incompetence of public debate on the environment than the unchecked advocacy of techniques that apply to one risk management scenario, but not to another . Listening to the stupid panic that many indulge in over water even today , you would think we were running out of water. Oil, on the other hand is a diminishing resource and yet we hear the same carelessly

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-23925569177628996572007-04-27T09:37:00.000+10:002007-04-27T10:14:01.994+10:00

Gustav Nossal is the stable figurehead for an unstable feast of change in the unhappy marriage of DPI and DSE - pity those who try to work for those in vic gvt on environmentw with such a facade of agreement and unequal partnership going on behind the scenes! : Yes , yet another destabilizing review of where Mr Thwaites and his mates have been taking us on the long and winding road to change

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So "40000 people signed the petition" to stop dredging the channel. Who cares ! Does the Spokeperson for the channel opposition group think numbers are more important than nature and the scientific study of resiliance? Maybe the 100 mill spent by the govt on a new EES on the channel dredging is worth a lot more than lots of petitions with "nimby" written all over lots of them? A million

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1171893782830959812007-02-20T00:50:00.000+11:002007-02-20T01:10:07.570+11:00

The murray darling management committee --what are we buying into here ? a bigger committee, a new well funded working party or maybe a policy driven technocracy ,or just a mild mannered tap turners authority with orders from the prime minister himself . who knows hope someone does before friday I have a feeling that when all the good committee members ride home from their trip to tout at the

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1170046676549208702007-01-29T15:53:00.000+11:002007-01-29T15:57:56.560+11:00

The end result of Mr Turnbull's big splash into a shallow pond with a very hard bottom can be expected to be a broken promise.( He's going to do the impossible with the Murray Darling ?) Good luck to him but lets first keep the outcome in perspective - a few barrages and the barham choke for 10 billion?. Too much water and financial engineering on the brain? The Short term gain of a good idea

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1168951640518628842007-01-16T23:31:00.000+11:002007-01-16T23:47:20.536+11:00

One thing is clear --the whole conservation movement cutting edge in Australia is at risk if politicians keep taking the running on it. doesn't matter whether its thwaites , Gor or anothe r ros kelly it -wannabe clever instead of those who really know not only the problem , but its context and therefore its proper management . After all the vics didn't check with anyone in house about

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I am not worried, but it seems the majority of Australians are. That's a real worry! The critical media message , dare i say it, as me Hanrahan , is do not worry . "Your not being rational so until you are willing to be , lie down and rest .Let someone whose "on the spot" look after the situation." (http://productionecologists.blogspot.com)"Do what you can , where you are and you will be

Little Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1161910989089753162006-10-27T10:50:00.000+10:002006-10-27T11:32:30.883+10:00

Being absolutely CLEAR- It's what everyone really needs to do conservation work , BUT it's clearly not what the media wants. Whose the dummy then ? The ongoing disease of CONFUSION is still being fed !!! by them and also by us because some silly institutional dills think publicity is key to sustainability . Clearly it is not -- just the feed for quick fixers If you don't feed the chooks, the

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QUICK FIXES OVER FUEL Politicians can solve our fuel cost crisis? .Well you might thinks so if the amount of talk by them was an indicator.Wher are the reports from those who know? here where you get real news thanks to blogger. The hybrid car not even mentioned - yes and much more Nearly everyone of the answers i have heard this weak from across the spectrum is quick fix kind - no wondere

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The ongoing threat of cynicsm - (Hon Ian Campbell makes a joke of sound science and practice by carelessly using the rare and ever transient parrot argument ) . the parrot is not the problem -those who parrot are . Conservation Science is getting a bad name---fueled by those who use simple conservation ideas but show no respect for the sound science and practical considerations that must

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THE GREENHOUSE MAFIA ( ABC 4 corners on the independance of scientists this week)How do we encourage scientists to speak freely? We just do it ---instead of just saying we do it !!!The media and non scientists quoting scientists is a major failure point that must be deal with if environmental risk management is to be more than a plaything of the powerful. The complex issues of environment require

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1134000383355192312005-12-08T10:56:00.000+11:002006-10-27T11:33:06.376+10:00

Is Fear the best medicine- the best motivator?( The eleventh hour after the blockbuster on rising sea levels. TAC ads etc )It seems to me that if you are going to use fear to motivate, you really have to know your stuff, or you stuff the whole thing up - instead of vigilance you get indifference . Instead of real fix, we get quickfiz . Risks do harm - there is no doubt at all BUT Teach the

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Ecosystem service concepts are fine - what's changed from when I started work is not the idea, but the way in which those services are provided . As engagement is again being recognised as the key to effective change , how sensitive and responsive are the new models proving to be -in the areas where they are being applied ? Thats the key question .

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Don't know about you, but there seems to be something unsustainbale about some new ideas about paying farmers to do the right thing? Are farmers warming to ecosystem services ? what do you think ? ""Dr Williams, the former head of CSIRO's Land and Water department, says there needs to be a better matching of water, nutrient and carbon flows with Australia's landscape capacity. But he says it's no

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1130405764674883772005-10-27T19:29:00.000+10:002005-10-31T09:38:47.860+11:00

STOP Our Government is largely preoccupied with gift giving as a way of getting environmental outcomes - perhaps because planning is too hard .Its not right and not sustainable -The fact that planning is far more effective seems to elude many of our leaders Melbourne is what it one of the most liveable cities in the world - because of planning and planning its environment. Phil Dayof BRISBANE

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Bottled WATER -another costly distraction? What can we do to properly tap community interest in sustainability; and avoid yet another costly cul de sacIn 2004, U.S. consumers spent $5.2 billion purchasing bottled water while the government only invested 5 percent of that amount to purchase critical watersheds, parks, and wildlife refuges-systems vital to clean water and healthy environments.

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COLLAPSE - What can we learn from Jarod Diamonds' book ? Glass half full or Glass half empty? This work is very significant because it builds on geomorphic and historical stories of other civilizations . Observation can be the great key to understanding and anticipating the future. The difficult part can be applying the truth to ourselves!Jarod pushes the reader to stand back and look closely

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1123814228293947732005-08-12T12:23:00.000+10:002005-08-12T12:37:08.296+10:00

Who cares about the truth - I want to know whether i am popular enough to survive !. As a sitting duck I want to know what my rights are . Am I native in Australia or has my passport been suddenly been removed . Why Can't i fly in and out of the country like most birds. Just because I can't smile, some people think i am not cute enough to attract enough votes when competeition policy hits home .

Little Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1123566281054729472005-08-09T15:33:00.000+10:002005-08-09T15:44:41.060+10:00

The conservation movement is likely to die as much from bleeding in twenty different methodology directions as it is from any lack of agreed purpose .The devil is the the detail and thats always changing. take just two elements of the who what when where , The who? . One year its professionals next year its groups. when where and what fads ALSO take precedence every year making environment

Malleebullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075299132226605993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1122902373422409192005-08-01T23:14:00.000+10:002005-08-01T23:19:33.470+10:00

"Farmers get too much already " 4 corners ABC tonight The way governments throw money carelessly at problems would have given this excellent portrait real bite . Conserving tax resources to store hay and keep professionals in the bush is not rocket science- it just needs to happen .Its plain silly to expect producers to solve the eco nonsense that both parties wisper in comfortable and

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1118753574042122142005-06-14T22:41:00.000+10:002005-06-17T16:31:40.946+10:00

For those of you who heard Peter Andrews on Australian Story - what did you think ? post us a piece on where the cutting edge is or should be -I don't back to the universities i studied at for answers. Why does Canberra, the meddling media and the manna driven quangos? Surely the middle ground in a muddle. And Rural people are paying while public servant professors take ten years to burn

Little Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1116372720202545792005-05-18T09:29:00.000+10:002005-05-18T09:32:00.210+10:00

(ABC radio yesterday) Now while we have managed to sell the sheep and keep the soil and the pasture potential, the wentworth group play into the hands of the quick fix merchants and talk up change . Where do the y want the new goiter line ( it was Ok then it is still the outer ) perhaps they want it at bendigo or melbourne or on the outside walls of their hallowed halls . Speak up or help out .

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1114661067133858282005-04-28T13:58:00.000+10:002005-04-28T14:13:24.160+10:00

Australia gets left behind Debate about the blnkered nature of environ expenditure is warming up in the US ( http://grist.com). But what's happening here ? Nothing . We follow someone else. How long will the Feds keep throwing money at problems rather than training people to avoid them -If we started concentrating on the later we would be exporting our skills and not importing failed experiments

Malleebullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075299132226605993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1113272300493468622005-04-12T12:14:00.000+10:002005-04-12T12:18:20.493+10:00

Seen it all before - when vulnerable and unsure of who to trust, pretend it is simple . Rely on the whiteboard solution .

Little Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1113262287493404952005-04-12T09:17:00.000+10:002005-04-12T21:22:55.973+10:00

Spreading Jam on Wounds "I've got no doubt that right across the country we're spending far too much on bureaucracy and administration and we need to make sure more of it gets to the pointy end," The HON IAN CAMPBELL said yesterdayWhile I welcome the focus on the pointy end, the conservatives still and will still give the dollar to the wrong accountability groups simply because they prefer

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Why environmentalists are not effective- they don't talk things out!. The book "Death of environmentalism" didn't get quite get to the heart of the matter. Too much env debate is shallow and unfinished. The greens got a hiding in the Aust election here too, partly because they, and those polys who listen to em, are now seen as "running off half cocked". If its worth doing, its worth doing well

Malleebullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075299132226605993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1103715250804785812004-12-22T22:30:00.000+11:002004-12-22T22:34:10.803+11:00

So much conservation interest is driven on emotion rather than reason . This leads to an inherent faddishness and contrasts with the cold established facts of sustainability > for the latest predaiction of a conservation fad about to go belly up this christmas see shorttermgain

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1087432082486646212004-06-17T10:22:00.000+10:002004-06-17T10:28:02.486+10:00

Is anyone going to keep their head with politicians of all shades trying to outdo each other in declaring war on the environment this week.( who exactly has to act?) even Bob brown must be feeling left out with everyone else proclaiming doom and gloom over everything from perths water ,powerful owls to that sacred business of the barrier reef . a more considered debate on quickfiz.blogspot.com

Little Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1084493361030842542004-05-14T09:55:00.000+10:002004-05-14T10:09:21.030+10:00

Talk about academics losing the plot . All this speculation about how to do the job has given them a job - while it denies others ( eg people who formerly worked in landcare) . Will these bibliography hunters and their fine words ever put the pieces of humpty dumpy together again ? custody, stewardship , duty of care and market driven drivel. we not only think not---- we know not ,. Pieces

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Some of our readers won't be aware of this, but competition policy is going to be the biggest budget blower of this century . Great that the Feds have now got an enquiry into it . Get your submissions in - or send some see for eg http:/ourland3.tripod.com/submissionsnow.htm

Malleebullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075299132226605993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1083550423996912522004-05-03T12:13:00.000+10:002004-05-03T12:18:05.920+10:00

Academics too with no vision, but to close things down? Hard work making decisions about something as simple as the environment! ????? A sydney academic on the world today last week had no answers for Sugar farmers . Get big - they've got bigger . get smarter ( you name it they"ve done it ! Perhaps he didn't say what he really thought- love to hear from you mate! Rob? I wonder if he listens

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1079652384324759752004-03-19T10:24:00.000+11:002004-03-19T10:29:44.030+11:00

I don't know why you think "professionals" are important. Between Bob Brown and Mark Latham they know what to do - close down use of the land - its that simple! Dead easy !

Little Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1078782956058788062004-03-09T08:55:00.000+11:002004-03-09T13:41:20.560+11:00

Beat the blinkered bookkeepers How do we bridge the gap created between professionals by blinkered accountants with a careless competition theme?. How about calling ourselves production ecologists The problem is not the professionals - its those who would seek to manage them on a two column ledger. Help bridge the gap between those who see themselves working in one or other camp when their

Malleebullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075299132226605993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1075247067851544922004-01-28T10:44:00.000+11:002004-02-05T15:39:28.670+11:00

conspiracy or cockup which is the most common in conservation? --- choose the later. As previously said - Do Ministers in government circles care that the blood of our future environment advisors is being spilt over their mandarins ever changing directions and blame sessions. It maybe too hard to knock water and agricultural heads together at the top, but it has been common practice for

Little Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1073973767737868622004-01-13T17:02:00.000+11:002004-01-20T12:16:59.233+11:00

Turmoil about who, where , where. how of effective l;and use change is driving rural professional planners crazy Good planning is not rocket science - it just needs to be done and not be so much the subject of huge interagency swings in emphasis such us -"The government should do it " -"The people should do it" -"Industry should do it " - The experts should do it " "More regulation less

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-107032797442507102003-12-02T12:19:00.000+11:002004-01-20T12:24:46.590+11:00

What level of competence attends the people's debate on conservation? Is it well educated enough to lead? What are professsional planners going to do to protect their own interests and against quackery in science and practice . I hereby challenge another sacred cow in the conservation sector What about all the half baked, tokenistic and ineffective "community consultation" that still goes

journeymanjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874263.post-1068673008748651182003-11-13T08:36:00.000+11:002003-11-13T08:36:53.586+11:00

The federal fire enquiry heard lots of angry voices, but did they get the message and punch it home . Not tough enough mates !. Maybe they, like the states are too caught up in the heavenly minded chanting of nativists preservation doctrines to notice that such things are often no earthly use when it comes to practical biodiversity protection . NSW Roads taking back control of roads in the

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Why is the Landcare movement under threat? Will the attempt by governments to legislate how we should behav in the country be effective.? Surely, the confusion of ideas and imperatives of efficient goverenance means we are all going in all directions. In this is conservation what is confusion if not short term gain. For an interesting list of imperatives see http:/users.gsat.net.a/tuf/

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