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What does it mean? How do we look after the gene pool or the gene bank?.
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Ever changing threats or real threats?
Victoria Otways
Green theory was that Powerful Owls couldn’t survive unless they have at least 100 ha of undisturbed native forest around each nest site. This became a demand for exclusion of logging in 100 ha surrounding each sighting of an owl even during the West RFA process. Examples of successful nesting in farmland remnants held no sway with the RFA review or VEAC, but now that powerful owl populations are turning up in the suburbs of Melbourne, this indicator species has been unceremoniously dropped like a hot potato.
Victoria Otways
Green theory was that Powerful Owls couldn’t survive unless they have at least 100 ha of undisturbed native forest around each nest site. This became a demand for exclusion of logging in 100 ha surrounding each sighting of an owl even during the West RFA process. Examples of successful nesting in farmland remnants held no sway with the RFA review or VEAC, but now that powerful owl populations are turning up in the suburbs of Melbourne, this indicator species has been unceremoniously dropped like a hot potato.
