The next Earth Matters session Nature in Crisis – the Murray-Darling and the Pilliga is at 5.30 p.m. on Monday 21 November. Carmel Flint will discuss two important issues
– threats to Murray-Darling Basin ecology and the impact of a coal seam
gas project in the Pilliga woodlands in the central west of NSW. Carmel's presentation on the Pilliga
illustrates clearly the problems associated with coal seam gas mining and
exploration while her presentation on the Murray-Darling and its ecology
highlights the importance to all Australians of
returning this river system to good health before it is too late.
The venue is the staffroom, Grafton Primary School in Queen
Street, Grafton. All welcome. Further information – Stan on 66449309.
The presenter Carmel
Flint has an impressive record as an environmental campaigner, particularly in
relation to forest protection . Her most
significant achievement in recent years was the campaign leading to the
declaration of the new Red Gum national parks in the south of the state. She is currently campaigning to save the
Pilliga from coal seam gas mining.
In 2010 Carmel's
environmental achievements were recognised
in the Clarence Valley when she was installed as a Re-Weaver of the Tapestry
by the Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition and the Clarence Branch of the
National Parks Association.
