That is precisely WHY I am not convinced by the cornucopians.
on 9/10/02 6:05 PM, Brenda Rosser at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> "Gus diZerega" <[log in to unmask]>
> Wrote:
>>
> "SECOND - Are we decisively undermining the ecological systems which provide
> renewable resources and which also provide the foundation for human life?
> Here I think the jury is still out on both questions - I am quite
> unconvinced by Simon and his allies."
>
> Where do you live Gus?
>
> Here's an email that came through from a forest campaigner in the State of
> Victoria, Australia.
>
> For anyone interested:
>
> The following information reveals what Hancock (monoculture tree plantation
> corporation) sprayed on 500 hectares
> of plantations in Gippsland in 2001 between 17 April and 30 April (2
> week period).
> These herbicides were used to 'kill' Blackberry and Bracken.
>
> 1422 kg of Roundup
> 35,822 litres of Metsulfuron Methyl
> 105 litres Pulse (A surfactant)
> 760 litres Simazine
>
> In Spring, they came back and dropped 7976.1 kg of granular hexazinone
> to kill woody weeds - ie native vegetation on 500 hectares of
> plantations some of which had already been sprayed in April.
>
> Hancock control 250,000 hecatres of land in Victoria. The information
> above only relates a tiny fraction of their land. Most of which will
> also be sprayed. Some of the land listed above is habitat for
> endangered crayfish.
>
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