| Letter
to the Editor published in the Courier Mail – 16 June
2007
Caring for Moreton Bay Marine Park
The Australian Marine Conservation Society welcomes the recommendation
of scientists that, in line with minimum international standards,
a “minimum” of 10% of each habitat in Moreton
Bay Marine Park should be fully protected in green zones.
This is a good starting point for discussions but most scientists
would agree that Moreton Bay deserves so much more protection.
SE Queensland’s booming population, coupled with the
highest boat ownership in the country, the threat of climate
change impacts and continued decline of the parks habitats
and species, like turtles and dugongs, all point to the need
to achieve so much more than what some out-of-date international
minimum for protection could provide. We can do better than
that.
Craig Bohm
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