Drought & global concern

Dear everyone,
Good evening.
As we studied today, Australia has been suffering from the long-lasting severe drought.
Actually, I stayed in Brisbene for one month in 2003. I remember that there was the issue of water, but I did not think that the drought continues such a long time!.
So, I was very much concerned about the issue.As my [...]

Australia & Kyoto – we’re not that bad…plus Al Gore.

Given Australia actually gets to enjoy an increase in CO2 emmissions to 108%, thought i should find out some more facts to share – as if we are not party to the Kyoto treaty, why have any target?
To confirm, Australia did actually sign the Kyoto treaty, agreeing to the 108% target, however did not ratify [...]

Climate change increases risk of megafires

http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/03/12/1868939.htm
The effect of bush fires on any society is often quite severe, and could definately be seen as a contributor to pollution and greenhouse gas production
I thought I would pass on a couple of interesting observation on bush fire from Australia.
Victoria, one of the smaller states “ suffered 273 fires in a single day in [...]

Competitive Advantage – Govt Intervention and the Tuna Industry

Leading on from class, and the exchange between myself and Rene, i thought i should share the story of the Tuna Industry in Australia and just how much better off they are with the introduction of a quota system that factors into account the size of the breeding pool/bio-mass.
Firstly, while Japan is often times [...]

Litter prevention program and recycling

We have been talking about recycling as an efficient and quite easy way of solving the environmental problem and specially the waste problem. By recycling, our waste is being reused again, so it could be said that “no waste” is generated which will go to dumps, etc. However, recycling is not the only way to [...]