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Healthy rivers support healthy house prices
March 22, 2012
Analysis of the selling prices of houses in 90 local shires across the Murray-Darling Basin shows house values are rising — and they are strongest in river valleys that are in good ecological health.
Where Australia Wakes Up!
Parks of the Tweed Caldera, Australia Background Mount Warning in the Tweed Caldera parks system is the first point on the Australian mainland to see the sun rise. It is now known as Wollumbin-Mount Warning, and was named by Captain Cook in 1770 after his ship Endeavour almost hit reefs off Point Danger near Tweed Heads. The mountain is an unmistakeable feature of the north coast landscape.
Fight for PNG’s stolen forests only just begun | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Fight for PNG’s stolen forests only just begun
What would you do if you saw a bulldozer move across your front yard and start smashing your home and garden to bits? Then the bulldozer driver told you that a big company now owned your land and could do what they wanted with it for the next 99 years.
Imagine your land wasn’t just any land – it was full of ancient rainforest trees and rare animals and fish which had provided you and your family with a livelihood for many generations. Your great grandparents had taught you how to live off the land, how to read the weather, how to identify plants for medicine, how to fish and how to sustain your family without hurting the delicate natural balance of the forests and the rivers.