From The Daily Examiner letters to the editor on 9 September 2009
Gulmarrad
land clearingI found The Daily Examiner's report of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water's failure to prosecute those responsible for alleged illegal land clearing at Gulmarrad very disturbing.
Land clearing is a major contributor to global warming and the decline of virtually all native animal species in Australia and must be stopped.
However, while ever we continue to ignore the dollar value of the eco-services our forests provide, there are those who will continue to break the law for their own financial gain.
Ineffective government regulators who either let these breaches go unpunished or impose little more than a slap on the wrist are therefore complicit in the loss of biodiversity that, if not reversed, will threaten our own existence.
JOHN EDWARDS
South Grafton
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