Posted 13th Jan 2019 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ
It is kind of sad to see what happened to the Invercargill estuary under the human stewardship of public environmental assets that can not be exploited for commercial benefit. I can only think that there was just so much unspoiled nature in the early days of European settlement that the founders just got tired of it. Or perhaps intensification of farming we encourage lead to the final nail.
The next worry is what degradation rising sea levels will take on Southland’s numerous shallow inlets & margins.
Has anyone drawn up any projections of what we have in store in that respect?
Also how is our soil holding out? In parts of the USA the Soil is worn out from over use and is only alive due to heavy use of various nutrient applications and chemicals. Something that is repeating pattern globally with modern agriculture.
Despite low population density and our geographic distance buffer we are not isolated from global problems, or simple physics.
It is kind of sad to see what happened to the Invercargill estuary under the human stewardship of public environmental assets that can not be exploited for commercial benefit. I can only think that there was just so much unspoiled nature in the early days of European settlement that the founders just got tired of it. Or perhaps intensification of farming we encourage lead to the final nail.
The next worry is what degradation rising sea levels will take on Southland’s numerous shallow inlets & margins.
Has anyone drawn up any projections of what we have in store in that respect?
Also how is our soil holding out? In parts of the USA the Soil is worn out from over use and is only alive due to heavy use of various nutrient applications and chemicals. Something that is repeating pattern globally with modern agriculture.
Despite low population density and our geographic distance buffer we are not isolated from global problems, or simple physics.
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