THE Greens say it's no surprise the bureaucrat overseeing the introduction of recreational hunting in NSW's national parks had previously criticised such a plan.
Office of Environment and Heritage head Sally Barnes recently issued assurances about the controversial change, which the government says will be strictly regulated to ensure safety for park visitors.
But in 2008, when she was deputy director-general of the Environment Department's parks and wildlife group, Ms Barnes wrote in a report that hunting would "annihilate" wildlife management rules.
She also said it would damage NSW's environmental credentials and questioned how recreational hunting for feral pest control could be compatible with opening parks to visitors, Fairfax reported on Saturday.
The introduction of recreational hunting follows the O'Farrell government's deal with the Shooters and Fishers Party last year over passage of its electricity privatisation laws.
On Saturday NSW Greens environment spokeswoman Cate Faehrmann said it was not surprising Ms Barnes had slammed such a move.
"I doubt you could find anyone who works for the Office of Environment and Heritage who could say recreational hunting in National Parks is a great idea while passing a lie detector test," she said.
"Anyone who cares about conservation knows in their heart that this is a rotten deal for the people of the NSW and for national parks. Sally Barnes is no exception."
Ms Faehrmann said the focus needed to be on the government, "which has sold out the people of NSW by doing deals with gun-loving extremists".
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
NSW Greens criticise park hunting plans
Dengan url
http://beritasementara.blogspot.com/2013/01/nsw-greens-criticise-park-hunting-plans.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
NSW Greens criticise park hunting plans
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
NSW Greens criticise park hunting plans
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar