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+=====Conservation And The Use Of Land.=====
-CONSERVATION AND THE USE OF LAND
 By Alex. Colley.
-Our food and clothing and many of the raw materials used in industry
-are produced on the land. Much of the natural fauna and flora must be destroyed on land used for these purposes. We cannot sow crops in the bush, no graze sheep on gum-leaves. But there is quite a lot of land which cannot, or need not, be used for producing the means of life.
+Our food and clothing and many of the raw materials used in industry are produced on the land. Much of the natural fauna and flora must be destroyed on land used for these purposes. We cannot sow crops in the bush, nor graze sheep on gum-leaves. But there is quite a lot of land which cannot, or need not, be used for producing the means of life.
-Most of the land which cannot be used for these purposes is barren or rough or inaccessible. These qualities, however, often enhance its value as a reservation, What could be more beautiful than the "Barren Lands" near Kama, or the rough grandeur of the gangerang Range? Nor does inaccessibility rule out most places. There is probably no place in N,S.W. too inaeceszible for Bushwalkers. But barrenness, roughness or inaccessibility does render :Land useless for productive purposes. This land should therefore have the first claim to reservation. It includes-many of the finest scenis acreas.
-There are also many areas which- contain a little fertile land, some third rate grazing. land, and scattered stands of good timber. Often the flora and fauna on this land is spoiled by indiscriminate ringbarking and burning-off, or
+Most of the land which cannot be used for these purposes is barren or rough or inaccessible. These qualities, however, often enhance its value as a reservation. What could be more beautiful than the "Barren Lands" near Kiama, or the rough grandeur of the Gangerang Range? Nor does inaccessibility rule out most places. There is probably no place in N.S.W. too inaecessible for Bushwalkers. But barrenness, roughness or inaccessibility does render land useless for productive purposes. This land should therefore have the first claim to reservation. It includes many of the finest scenic areas.
-by the depedations of timber-getters. The upper Cox Valley, wl:lere thousands of
-acres of poor, stoop country, covered with loose granite gravel, have been rung and exposed to erosion, is a good example of this type of land9 We have also seen many examples of beautiful little gullies being spoilt for the sake of a few marketable trees. There is a good case for reserving this type of country, particularly if it is near large centres of population. The Blue Mountains area is perhaps the best area of this type. Something like a million and a half people arc within a few hours journey of the Blue Mountains, and they can be reached from most parts of the State within 24 hours.
+There are also many areas which contain a little fertile land, some third rate grazing land, and scattered stands of good timber. Often the flora and fauna on this land is spoiled by indiscriminate ringbarking and burning-off, or by the depedations of timber-getters. The upper Cox Valley, where thousands of acres of poor, steep country, covered with loose granite gravel, have been rung and exposed to erosion, is a good example of this type of land. We have also seen many examples of beautiful little gullies being spoilt for the sake of a few marketable trees. There is a good case for reserving this type of country, particularly if it is near large centres of population. The Blue Mountains area is perhaps the best area of this type. Something like a million and a half people are within a few hours journey of the Blue Mountains, and they can be reached from most parts of the State within 24 hours.
-Some of the land now used for productive purpeses could well be devoted
-to parks or reservations. Town-planners recognise this when they set aside acres of very valuable city land for parks. But oncd we get to the outskirts of the city we come to scrubby, untidy areas, from Which everything marketable
+Some of the land now used for productive purpeses could well be devoted to parks or reservations. Town planners recognise this when they set aside acres of very valuable city land for parks. But once we get to the outskirts of the city we come to scrubby, untidy areas, from which everything marketable has been plundered, or where the bush has been destroyed to make way for poor subsistence farms. There is a very geod case for the creation of a "green belt" around Sydney, though it would admittedly mean the resumption of a little good farm land and a lot of poor farm . Why shouldn't the outskirts of the city merge into bushland instead of unsightly scrublands?
-has been plundered, or where the bush has been destroyed to make way for poor subsistence farms. There is a very geod case for the creation of a "green belt"
-around Sydneyy though it would admittedly moan the resumletion of a little good
+The typos of land I have described are perhas the most we can hope to have reserved at the present time. But let us look into the future and suppose that a wise public authority planned the use of land. It would put our essential needs, such as food, clothing and housing, first. But it would not permit bushlands to be destroyed so as to produce materials which would be wasted. In Tasmania at present forests are being pulped to produce newsprint. Have a look at your newspaper and see how much of it is wasted in inch-high headlines and useless advertisements, telling you not to buy things. Was it worth destroying those trees to produce these headings and advertisements? As for food, how much is wasted? How much disease is caused from overeating? Countless acres have been ringbarked to graze sheep for wool. How much clothing is wasted in peace-time through trade-inspired fashion changes? Numberless similar examples of waste could be quoted. To produce these wasted commodities bushlands have been destroyed.
-farm land and 'a lot of poor farm . Why shouldn't the outskirts of the city merge into bushland instead of unsightly scrublands?
-The typos of land I have described are perha;s the most we can hope to
+In many countries the need for conservation, in the broad sense of preventing waste and destruction, has long been recognised. In Canada the Reconstruction Committee has established four sub-committees. One of those deals with "Conservation and development of natural resources." In Australia, we seem bent only on developing, not on conserving. Dr. Evatt for instance, did not ask for power to conserve anything, except for powers to combat soil erosion.
-have reserved at the present time, But let us look into the future and suppose that a wise public authority planned the use of land. It would put out
-essential needs i such as food, clothing' and housing, first, But it would not
+Our country was one of the last big areas to be thrown open to the rapid and ruthkess exploitation made possible by modern machinery and transport. Our broad, flat fertile plains were ideally suited to great grazing properties and mechanical farming. Great flocks of sheep covered the plains in good seasons, chewing out the fine native grasses which bound the soil. In the drier areas most of the sheep would die in droughts when they had eaten out the last of the herbage, and after some years of alternate overstocking and drought there were few of the fine native grasses left. Soon the wind started to blow away the dry powdery soil and millions of acres were added to the desert. But, what did it matter? Fortunes were to be made in good seasons. On our forested mountain areas axe and fire destroyed the timber and soon the irreplaceable top-soil, built up over the centuries, was being carried down to silt up the streams. In the remaining forest areas timber-getters played havoc with the bush, wherever they could take their bullock teams. Cattle men dropped matches indiscriminately (and still do) so as to burn off the undergrowth and dry grass and provide a green shoot for their stock. The fact that thousands of acres of bushland might be destroyed and the valuable humus burnt out of the soil, didn't matter - cattle were worth £10 a head in good times.
-permit bushlands to be destroyed so as to produce materials Which would be wasted, In Tasmania Wpresent forests are being pulped to produce
-nevspint, Have a look at your newspaper and se-how-much of it is wasted in inch-high headlines and useless advertisementR, telling you not to buy
+Much of our bushland has been wastefully destroyed. Quite a lot still remains and can still be censerved. And perhaps some time in the future, it will be considered a crime to destroy it except to provide for real needs.
-things. Was it worth destroying those. trees to p,td,duce these-headings and
-PwrIN
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-advertisements? As for food, how much is wLsted? How much disease is caused from overeating? Countless acres have been ringbarkod to graze sheep for wool,
-How much clothing is wasted in peace-time through trade-inspired fashion changes? Numberless similar exam:)los of waste could be quoted, To /Produce these wasted commodities bushlands have been destroyed.
-In many countries the need for conservation, in the broad sense of preventing waste and destruction, has long been recognised. In Canada the
-Reconstruction Committee has established four sub-committ,:es, One of those deals with "Conservation and development of natural resources." In Australia,
-we seem bent only on developing, not on conserving. Dr, Evatt for instance, did not ask for power to conserve anything, except for powers to combat soil erosion.
-Our country was one of the last big areas to be thrown open to the rapid and kuthkess exploitation made possible by modern machinery and transport. Our broad i flat fertile plains were ideally suited to groat grazing properties and mechanical farming. Great flocks of sheep covered the plains in
-good seasons, chewing out the fine native grasses which bound the soil,
-In the drier areas most of the sheep would die in droughts when they had eaten
-out the last of the herbage, and after some years of alternate overstocking
-and drought there were few of the fine native grasses left. Soon tht, wind
-started to blow away the dry powdery soil and :aillions of acres were added to the desert. But, what did it matter? Fortunes were to be made in good
-seasons. On our forested mountain areas axe 'and fire destroyed the timber and soon the irreplaceable topsoil, built up olYer the centuriosl-was being _carried. down to silt up the streams. In the remaining forest areas timber-
-getters played havoc with the bush, wherever they could take their bullock
-teams, Cattle men dropped matches indiscriminately (and still do) so as to burn off the undergrowth and dry grass and provide a green shoot for their
-stock. The fact that thousands oT acres of bushland might be destroyed and
-the valuable humus burnt out of the soil, didn't matter - cattle were worth
-Z10 a:. head in gpod
-_.Much of our-bush:Land has bee1,was.40Tly dzitroyed. Quite a lot still remoinz and can still be censorvcAndperhaps some. time in the future it will b,a considered a ,crime to destroy it except to. provide for r-6al
-. needs.
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