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More than 350 people attend Public Meeting on Shooters' Bill in Pymble
 A public meeting attended by about 350 people in Pymble on Tuesday night overwhelmingly supported a motion urging Premier Nathan Rees to ensure the Shooters’ Party’s Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill is voted down.The meeting heard from all sides of the debate, including from the Invasive Species Council's Dr Carol Booth, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Catherine Cusack, Greens NSW MP Lee Rhiannon and Shooters' Party MLC Robert Brown. Opposition to the Bill is growing with widespread concerns about allowing recreational hunters into National Parks, proposals for duck hunting and the creation of game reserves in NSW. More than 500 people have attended public meetings across NSW and thousands have signed petitions urging the NSW Government to reject the entire bill.
The Parks and Native Animal Protection Coaltion has emailed every NSW MP highlighting how the level of opposition demonstrated through the public meetings and petitions (outlined above) clearly shows this legislation has outraged not only environment and animal welfare organisations, but a broad cross section of the wider community. An urgent rally will be held on Tuesday 1 September to continue the strong message to the NSW Government that the community is joining with the Parks and Native Animal Protection Coalition in asking for: • No Hunting in National Parks;
• No game reserves; • No hunting native animals; and • No release of exotic birds for hunting. Meet at 11am outside Parliament House in Macquarie Street.
Bring placards, tell your friends, be there! For more info call Keith Muir on 0412 791 404 Take the Shark Swim Challenge
 How about something completely different for your next holiday?You can help save our last sharks by joining the shark swim challenge, an amazing awareness and fund raising adventure where you get to swim with whale sharks and great whites in South Africa and Mozambique. All donations will help support our crucial marine campaigns, including continued lobbying for a ban on shark fin exports Places are limited so to find out more about this chance of a lifetime visit the Shark Swim Challenge website. You can also follow the Shark Swim Challenge on twitter . Comment on the progress of NSW Regional Forest Agreements
 Submissions to the Draft Report on Progress with Implementation of the New South Wales Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) This report is the long-awaited five-year review of the Eden (1999), North East (2000) and Southern Region (2001) Regional Forest Agreements. You can read the report here .Submissions must go to: Resource and Conservation Unit Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW PO Box A290, Sydney South, NSW 1232 or email: info@environment.nsw.gov.au Comments due by 7 September, 2009. You'll find key points for making a submission here . Shooting flying-foxes or netting orchards? By Nancy Pallin, Ku-ring-gai Bat Conservation SocietyPhoto (left) courtesy Ofer Levy. The NSW Government has released the Flying-fox Review Panel Report which states that
shooting flying-foxes: • is not acceptable ethically or legally; • contributes to the decline of the grey-headed flying-fox population; • is ineffective when large numbers visit orchards; and • orchardists could rely on netting to protect their crops. The report recommends that government subsidises farmers to protect their crops with netting and that shooting be phased out. Until May 2011, people licenced to shoot flying-foxes must comply with a Department of Primary Industry Code of Practice. The full report can be downloaded at: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspecies/Flyingfoxlicrev.htm You can view the NSW Environent Minister ‘s media release http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/MinMedia/MinMedia09081101.pdf The NSW Government has received strong, clear recommendations from the Review Panel but has only announced that it will commission an economic analysis. The Nature Conservation Council supports financial incentives for fruit growers to protect their crops with full exclusion netting. We're seeking a statement from the NSW Government giving the date when licences to shoot flying-foxes for fruit crop protection will cease. The Nature Conservation Council supports immediate action by the NSW Government so that netting can be installed during this summer so that fewer flying-foxes are killed and the young of lactating females do not die slowly of starvation and dehydration. Would you allow that to happen to domestic pets? Read more ... Get involved in strengthening environmental outcomes across NSW
 The Nature Conservation Council, as the peak environment group for NSW, represents environmental interests on a number of committees across the State. We're currently seeking Nature Conservation Council respresentatives for the following voluntary positions: 1. Ocean Trawl Management Advisory Committee 2. Estuary Prawn Trawl Management Advisory Committee Closing date: Friday 11 September, 2009 Standard government rates and travel expenses are payable for these two marine appointments. 3. Nominations for Macquarie-Cudgegong Environmental Flows Reference Group - alternate delegate required Closing date: Friday 11 September, 2009 4. Nominations for Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee Closing date: Friday 11 September, 2009 Further information on all these nominations and the NCC Representatives Application Form are available here. Read more ... Our giveaway winner is on the path to a greener future
 Congratulations to Andrew from Wahroonga, NSW for winning a copy of True Green Life: 200 ideas to make your life greener in every way - a practical guide to combating 'green fatigue' and helping reduce household and individual carbon footprints.The book features great ideas and useful facts on everything from travel and celebrations through to health, finance and family. True Green Life is available now from ABC Books and major book retailers.
Positions vacant Climate Change Campaigner: Australian Conservation Foundation Upcoming events *** Green Bans: Green Action in the ‘70s. Hosted by the City of Sydney. Integrated Transport for a Connected City. Hosted by the City of Sydney and the Sydney Morning Herald. Short course: Social Media Marketing Practice. Hosted by University of Technology, Sydney Latest Nature Conservation Council submissions Submissions openInquiry into the impacts of mining in the Murray Darling Basin |
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