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Biodiversity is for future ages. Uranium mining is short term

When a respected institution known for its measured and considered responses to issues of public importance, such as the Museum, asks the Government to pay attention, it would be foolish to do otherwise.

A time to err on side of conservation, The Advertiser Editorial, March 16, 2010 THERE are certain places in the state and the nation which should be off limits for mining.

Indeed, not just for mining, but for any sort of development which would threaten to destroy the environmental and cultural treasures inherent in places such as the Northern Flinders Ranges, which contains the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary…..

The SA Museum, an institution deserving of attention, has grave concerns that the Seeking a Balance proposal, which documents the planned changes is “greatly flawed”.

Rather than increase access to the area which is one possible outcome under the Seeking a Balance proposal the Museum suggests a total moratorium on mining should be in place until the biological wealth of the area is better understood. It also makes the case that the area is one of the world’s great living museums, where geologists and laymen can see the world’s oldest fossils and study geological formations…

..The over-riding reason to protect the area, however, is that it is a region of great natural beauty, which is as yet grossly underexplored for its biodiversity value…

..When a respected institution known for its measured and considered responses to issues of public importance, such as the Museum, asks the Government to pay attention, it would be foolish to do otherwise.

Advertiser Editorial: A time to err on side of conservation | Adelaide Now

March 16, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, South Australia, uranium, water | antinuclear, Australia, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, South Australia, uranium, water