Recent laws allowing hunting and logging in our parks are misguided. Our reserves protect biological diversity and shouldn’t be used otherwise.
![99-year private leases granted by the Victorian Government open the door to inappropriate development in national parks, such as Wilsons Promontory. Image by Steve Bennett [CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0] via Wikimedia Commons.](https://euanritchie.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/wilsonspromnatpark_wikimediacommons.png?w=625&h=386)
99-year private leases granted by the Victorian Government open the door to inappropriate development in national parks, such as Wilsons Promontory. Image by Steve Bennett [CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0] via Wikimedia Commons.
I added my voice to that of 16 eminent Australian ecologists to draw attention to this extremely important issue.
Read the full article (and comments) at The Guardian website.