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How about something completely different for your next holiday?
You can help save our last sharks by joining the Shark Swim Challenge, a fantastic awareness and fundraising adventure where participants will interact with Great Whites and Whale sharks and explore the natural wonders of southern Africa.
An unforgettable experience, the Shark Swim Challenge includes snorkelling with Whale Sharks, cage diving with Great Whites and a special opportunity to witness one of the most awe-inspiring sights off the coast of southern Africa - the breaching of Great White Sharks.
Places are limited so to find out more about this chance of a lifetime visit the Shark Swim Challenge website, check out the Fair Go For Sharks facebook group or follow @ourlastsharks on Twitter. |
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 Join the Nature Conservation Council for the first ever Sydney screening of End of the line, a very important and informative documentary on the threats to global fish stocks. Billed as An Inconvenient Truth for our marine world, this film explores the severe impact of overfishing on our oceans.
When: 6.00pm Wednesday 25th November 2009
Where: Chauvel Cinema, Paddington
Tickets: $20.00 per person
Click here to view the trailer. Screened in partnership with the Sydney Aquarium Conservation Fund (SACF), the film will be introduced by a surprise guest chef along with a marine scientist, ending with a discussion forum led by the Nature Conservation Council and SACF. All proceeds from tickets sales will go to the Nature Conservation Council and SACF's marine conservation work.
Bookings: Please contact SACF on 02 8251 7875 or buy your tickets online through paypal. 
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 Walk Against Warming 2009 will take place on the Global Day of Action on Climate Change - Saturday 12 December.
Climate change is happening much faster than predicted. In December 2009, Governments of the world will meet in Copenhagen to decide a new global climate treaty. This Climate Summit is the world’s best chance to avoid catastrophic climate change. It requires global and national leaders to take strong and urgent action.
On 12 December 2009, mid-way through the Copenhagen meeting, there will be a global day of climate action where people all over the world take to the streets to urge world leaders to cut greenhouse pollution.
In Australia, Walk against Warming will be the national event held on this date in capital cities and many regional towns. Join thousands of other Australians taking to the streets asking for a stronger government response on climate change. Now more than ever, it is important to show our political leaders that people from all walks of life are demanding action for a safe climate future.
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The article Government deal to open national parks to shooters by Erik Jensen (SMH, 21/10/2009) confirms our concerns about continued NSW Government negotiations with the Shooters' Party and the potential risk of a deal granting some form of hunting in our National Parks.
The reopening of talks between the State Government and the Shooters' Party is a dangerous development. The NSW Government must not make a backroom deal that sells out our precious National Parks and wildlife for its own political gain.
The stakes are too high. We must not allow hunting in all our National Parks, not just those close enough to Sydney to be on the Government's radar.
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 Macquarie Generation and Delta Electricity have both submitted development applications for new power stations in NSW. Coal fired power is a likely option for both developments. This would increase carbon pollution emissions in NSW from stationary energy by a massive 34 per cent. That is the equivalent of four million extra cars on our roads.
To build new coal-fired power stations in the face of dire predictions about the potential impact of climate change on the environment is extremely irresponsible, if not negligent. You can act – send a submission in by Monday 26th October:
Click here for Bayswater power station
Click here for Mt Piper power station |
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 Leader of the NSW Nationals, Andrew Stoner, and Shadow Minister for Industry, Duncan Gay, have launched a campaign to stop the creation of more marine parks in NSW. They say the NSW Government has spent taxpayers’ money on setting up Marine Parks which Mr Stoner and Mr Gay claim “are based on politics, not science”.
The Nature Conservation Council strongly disagrees with this rhetoric. Marine Parks, particularly no-take or Sanctuary Zones, are a vital tool for marine conservation as evidenced by a large number of scientific papers. To argue otherwise demonstrates a clear lack of understanding of marine science – of particular concern given Mr Gay holds the non-medical science portfolio for the Coalition.
Less than seven per cent of the NSW marine environment is ‘no-take’. This percentage needs to be increased without delay in order to provide proper protection for marine biodiversity.
Marine Parks are not only vital for protecting our oceans and marine creatures, but can be a major drawcard to a region, providing diverse tourism opportunities and helping local economies. You can find out more about the many benefits of Marine Parks here .
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 It’s time to engage ordinary Australians in the conversation about climate change
Join the campaign to build public pressure for strong and urgent action on climate change. Why climate conversation? It is clear that the big polluters lobby has the ear of most politicians in Canberra. The urgent and strong actions necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change are not being implemented.
Ordinary Australians have been left out of the climate debate as politicians argue about scientific facts and complex economic policies.
Climate Conversation is a campaign aimed to re-engage ordinary Australians in the climate change debate and build public pressure so that our leaders are compelled to listen to us, not just the polluters, and implement strong policies on climate change. |
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