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Competing land uses in the rural landscape. How do we achieve true progress?. GDP/”wealth” not = Quality of life. GDP ignores costs of environmental damage & resource depletion ‘defensive expenditures’ such as pollution clean-up costs increase value of GDP - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Competing land uses in the rural landscape.
How do we achieve true progress?
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GDP ignores costs of environmental damage & resource depletion
‘defensive expenditures’ such as pollution clean-up costs increase value of GDP
Build social wellbeing & ecological health measures into ‘progress’ mix
GDP/”wealth” not = Quality of life
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GDP wrong metric, focus on wrong things
Measure for both today and future
Need metrics for social wellbeing + healthy ecosystems + long term economics, eg:
• UN Human Development Index• Happy Planet Index (New Economics Foundation)• Genuine Progress Indicator (US think tank)
Measures to assess progress
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Business focused on short term profits
Share market demands it
Short termism creates volatility & possibly dodgy investment strategies
Short termism discourages investment in technologies/practices with long term enviro benefits.
Private incentives cf public goals
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Proposed law granting Nature equal rights to humans Proposal influenced by indigenous Andean spiritual
view which places the environment at centre of all life. Humans considered equal to other entities.
The law includes:•the right to continue vital cycles & processes free from human alteration;•the right to pure water & clean air;•the right not to be polluted;•the right to not be affected by mega-infrastructure & development projects.
Little opposition is expected to passing the law.
Or Legislate for Nature (eg Bolivia)
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Food & Fibre Export 60% of total agric production 40% of the value of Aust agric production
occurs within MDB global food demand increase 2.5 x by 2050 World pop of 9 bil by 2050 (now 6.5 bil) 90% of prodn growth from increasing yields
& cropping intensity 50% of our food & fibre exports are to Asia (3.8 bil)
Rural Landscape
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Minerals & Energy 70% of NSW is under mineral & petroleum title &
application
Mining in NSW to grow by 67% over the next decade
Global 2050: 2x energy demand; no GHG
75% of electricity is generated using coal & gas sources
Rural Landscape
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Emits ~ 40% less GHG than coal when used for power generation
Saline production water
Risk of aquifer impacts
Chemicals in fracking process
Surface infrastructure spread
CSG
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Qld: 3,000 wells + 4,000km pipeline; 30,000 more planned
Narrabri: 550 wells planned Camden: 78 wells operating + expansion Gloucester: 110 wells approved -330 wells Hunter Valley: exploration phase (Broke +
UH Casino: 60 exploration wells Wollongong: 15 wells St Peters
CSG
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Independent studies: stakeholders involved
Cumulative impact assessment
Embrace precautionary principle
Replace EPA Act: need TBL approach & legislated rights of landholders/farmers
Economic sustainability – price enviro costs & benefits
Planning Process - TBL
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Determine capacity of the natural systems
Maintain long term sustainable resources:a) Water resources/aquatic ecosystemsb) Agric land (food & fibre)c) Biodiversity – veg management
THEN - regional land use planning + ESD principles
Identify industrial “go/no go” areas based on resource value & risk
Natural Resources Assessment
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Proponent has economic, technical & political clout
Rural/regional communities disadvantaged on these counts
Hence Govt must intervene to help balance the ledger
Community engagement before devel concept locked in
Enviro/social consequences too risky to rely on proponent being a good corporate citizen
Social aspects
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A measure of socio-political sentiment towards a project, company or industry
Co-ownership: high trust & active support
Approval: support
Acceptance: listen & consider; wait & see
Withheld/withdrawn: opposition
Social Licence to Operate
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Effective 21 May 60 day freeze on issuing new exploration
licences for coal & CSG New exploration licence applic: public
comment first New Extraction DAs: require agricultural
impact assessment. (until Strategic Regional Land Use Plans prepared & prime ag land protected)
Aquifer Interference Regs: public comment
NSW Govt Initiatives
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Post 21 July
Strategic Regional Land Use Plans: identify “best places” for various uses
Start by May 2012 on 4 regions
Coal & Gas Policy to replace Coal & Gas Strategy; to interact with the regional plans
NSW Govt Initiatives
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Need enviro Depts to strongly pursue their legislative responsibilities
Make a stand where environ risks unacceptable
General public is relying on them to be the guardians & not be compromised
Govt. Departmental leadership
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Have a vision for our place as a species on the planet
Have courage & determination to swim against the tide
Challenge the status quo
Facilitate change; strive to bring others with you
As an environmental professional..
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Warwick Giblin
OzEnvironmental Pty Limited‘Delivering true progress’
Ph 0419 271 819