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Tasman National Park Caring for Tasmania since 1968 THE TASMANIAN CONSERVATIONIST Number 312 September 2007 Tasman National Park Natural values to be compromised by tourism enterprise? Seal haul-out at Cape Raoul, Tasman Peninsula The Tasmanian Conservationist is the regular Contents newsletter of the Tasmanian Conservation Trust Inc, 102 Bathurst Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000. New CEO appointed 3 ABN: 63 091 237 520 Phone (03) 6234 3552 Fax: (03) 6231 2491 From the President 4 email: [email protected] TCT Strategic Plan 2007 – 2008 5 website: http://www.tct.org.au Tasman National Park 7 CEO: Christian Bell Road Kill Survey by Push Bike 8 President: Bob Graham Coastal Development 9 The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the Tasmanian Our Threatened Flora Need Your Help 10 Conservation Trust Inc (TCT). Annual Report to Members: Biodiversity Conservation 11 We permit photocopying of all original Coastal and Marine 13 material in The Tasmanian Conservationist. Feel free to make use of our news and articles, Water Management 13 but please acknowledge the source. Waste Management 14 Contributions: We encourage our readers to Land Management 14 submit articles of interest for publication. Articles should preferably be short (up to 600 words) and Legislation and Committees 15 well illustrated. Please forward copy on computer disk or by email if possible. Guidelines for contributors are available from the TCT office. We reserve the right to edit contributions. North-West Branch Tasmanian Conservation Trust Deadline for next issue: 30 November 2007 Meetings of the North-West Branch of the TCT are held on the first Wednesday of each month. Advertising: We accept advertising of products and services that may be of interest to our The venue for the meeting is the readers. Our rates are GST inclusive: Penguin Railway Station at 5pm All members of the North-West Branch are invited to attend to disuss conservation issues in the area. 1 Issue 2 Issues 3 Issues Full Page $250 $450 $600 Writing Half Page $150 $280 $400 Editing Quarter Page $110 $200 $280 Proofreading Specialising in conservation issues. Reports, management plans, Proofreading: Janice Bird newsletters and books. Layout: Patricia McKeown Circulation: 475 Front Cover: Tasman National Park. Photo Shirley Storey. BA (Hons) Literature Cover story, page 7. ‘Tasman National Park. Member of Society of Editors (Tas), Natural values to be compromised by tourism Tasmanian Writers’ Centre, Society of Authors. enterprise?’ ABN 86 028 924 992 Phone (03) 6234 6569 Email [email protected] 2 Tasmanian Conservationist September 2007 New CEO Appointed Following the departure of Craig Woodfield, Christian On World Environment Day in 2005, he also received Bell has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer the United Nations Association of Australia individual of the TCT as from 28 August 2007. award for excellence for work in the environment. Christian has had 24 years’ experience working as an environmental advocate within Australia (20 years based in Tasmania), primarily in the area of marine and coastal policy. For most of that time he was an employee of the Marine & Coastal Community Network. He has also worked for other environmental non-government organisations such as Greenpeace Australia, The Wilderness Society, the Australian Marine Conservation Society and under contract at the Tasmanian Conservation Trust. Recently Christian was employed at the Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service as Marine Reserve Management Officer overseeing the management of Tasmania’s existing system of marine reserves. These positions required that he work collaboratively with government agencies and a Christian Bell, newly appointed CEO of the multitude of stakeholders engaged in conservation or Tasmanian Conservation Trust. natural resource management both in Tasmania and at the Commonwealth level. Much of his work has focused on the creation or management of terrestrial or marine reserves and assisting in the development and creation of Do You Know Tasmania? friends groups to service these reserves. A presentation by the Christian has managed several funded projects dealing Launceston Walking Club featuring trips into with environmental weeds over the last decade (mostly Tasmania’s breathtaking wilderness. with the TCT) focusing on Tasmania’s remote islands New Hosted by the NW Branch CEO appointed – usually important seabird nesting sites Tasmanian Conservation Trust threatened by weeds. Christian has been a key advocate for the creation of Friday 21 September & Saturday 22 September 7.30pm (to be confirmed) at the Leven Theatre, Tasmania’s seven existing marine reserves. While others Civic Centre, Patrick Street, Ulverstone. have played very significant roles (particularly in the area Watch out for display advertisement in of marine science) in their establishment, his task has The Advocate, posters, leaflets etc. been as the primary agent for negotiating the passage of Details: Arnold Rowlands 6431 2069 these reserves through the political process. He strives to maintain good relationships with politicians on all sides of politics and always attempts to get bipartisan support for a policy position. Electronic version of Christian was Greenpeace’s first Antarctic Campaigner The Tasmanian Conservationist (in 1984), and was involved in the logistic coordination now available of Greenpeace Australia’s first Antarctic expedition. His This newsletter is now available in PDF format for members who would prefer an electronic work in the area of marine conservation was recognised version. in 2004 when he received Tasmania’s main environment Please send us an email at [email protected] award for individual achievement, the Professor Harry including your name and address and the email Bloom Award. address you would like to use, and we will send your newsletter by email every two months. Tasmanian Conservationist September 2007 3 from the President This year sees the end of my three-year term as president. conditions, with some still not met three years later. I I have mentioned in my reports over the last few years how sympathise with concerns of the Tamar valley residents the workload relating to conservation issues has should the pulp mill project go ahead. grown. During the last twelve months we have created a One of the highlights of my term as president came in strategic plan and been prioritising issues. Three of our June this year, prior to a phone link-up organised for a key challenges involve supporting our key stakeholders, state council meeting in Hobart. As the councillors gathered increasing support for the TCT and protecting biodiversity. in the office I was parked in the sun on a hill overlooking The state faces an extraordinary range of biodiversity issues the rainforest of Redpa. With cattle bellowing in the fore- with a frog fungus, the devil tumour, a fox presence, ground and the sounds of the local footy echoing over the platypus afflicted with disease and an abalone virus on hill from the flats behind me, I reflected on what a pleasure our borders, to name a few. Our aim is to appoint one or it was to be a part of the TCT. more biodiversity campaigners. In increasing support for the TCT, we need recruits for our committees and Our organisation plays such an important role in more funding so we can provide more services to our conservation in Tasmania and it has been a privilege to conservation supporters and continue to assist the preside over a group so committed to the protection of the government with advice. special values of this state. Geoff King I would like to thank the councillors, branches, staff and TCT President 2004 – 2007 volunteers for their efforts during the year. I would particularly like to thank Bob Graham for his support and advice, the work he has done and his commitment to the Trust. There have also been some staff movements. Suzy Manigian headed into the Blue Mountains. A former director and staffer extraordinaire, Suzy was a formidable Help the TCT presence representing the TCT for more than a decade. Members of the TCT can help us in a variety of We have also seen Craig Woodfield, our director of the ways. Here are just a few: last two years, move on. He has been terrific to work with and we will miss his intellect and persistence, which have · Help us expand our membership seen him hold the respect of friend and foe. The workload Recommend the TCT to a friend, family he has taken on over the past few years has been enormous member or colleague, give a gift subscription to and the work he has done on the strategic plan has been somebody you know or distribute some invaluable. membership forms for us. Our new CEO is Christian Bell and we welcome him · Provide us with some recycled paper back to the office. Christian has a long history and wide We are always looking for good-quality paper used experience in conservation issues and knows the on one side, to use in our printers. Help save us Tasmanian scene backwards. money and reduce our paper consumption. After our experience with the Meander dam it has been · Write a letter sad to see the planning system being sidelined once again Contact us for suggestions or simply use any of in relation to the proposed Tamar Mill and promotion of the information in this newsletter as the basis the view that problems will be solved by applying of an inquiry to a politician, business or conditions. I live in an area where two projects have government agency. We’d love to see any been guided by environmental protection notices and it is replies that you receive. not an easy system with which to achieve environmental outcomes. The Woolnorth wind farms have become killing · Pass on a rumour fields for eagles, both wedge-tail and white-breasted, with We’re always interested in hearing interesting somewhere between six and nine birds dying at the site rumours and stories about environmental last year.
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