The White Bellied Sea Eagle, currently endangered, and the main focus and inspiration of this fictional work, is at the top of the food chain. If those that are highest are becoming rare or disappearing from where we once witnessed them soar, it speaks volumes for the state of the environment they are in and all the worlds connected to those places.
Eagles once were, and still are, in some places, killed due to the misconception that they were killing livestock, lambs, calves, and it was only once humans understood that they are in fact carrion eaters, cleaners of the land, that this practice and attitude began to shift.
Our attitude towards the natural world, for some, is still blinded by ignorance and arrogance. As this work charts our misconceptions and enlightenments towards the mother who supports us all, the generations of 'diary keepers' and the history of Environmental Law in Australia, or the lack of it for so long, remains a vital aspect and core concept to research and chart.
Australia is a phoenix landscape that rises renewed after each bushfire. Our original custodians used to fire the grasslands to stimulate new growth which brought in the kangaroos they feasted on. The earth is enriched by the ash. Unfortunately degradation has caused most of these grasslands' extinction, along with the flowers and animals that once thrived in them. Hopefully measures in restoration have not come too late.Environmental Research Papers:
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Managing Native Grassland
Restoration of our forests remains vital too: Rehabiltitation and Restoration of Degraded Forests.
Apr 1788 - The first environmental laws starting in April 1788, when Lieutenant Philip Gidley King protected plantain or banana trees on Norfolk Island, just four days after discovering them 8 were predictably utilitarian. One of the objects of these laws was to ensure that the natural environment provided an enduring source of food, particularly when the invaders' imported supplies ran short. Another goal was to protect public health by maintaining the purity of drinking water. From The Colonial Earth - Related web pages www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive ... |
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