!!The Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve - UNDER THREAT - PLEASE SIGN PETITION

The Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve (SIWR) is a wetland conservation property and a tribute to Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin.

The 135,000 ha property, in Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula, is home to a set of important spring fed wetlands which provide a critical water source to threatened habitat, provide permanent flow of water to the Wenlock River, and is home to rare and vulnerable plants and wildlife.


The Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve (SIWR) was acquired as part of the National Reserve System Programme for the purpose of nature conservation with the assistance of the Australian Government.

The Situation
The Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve (SIWR) is being threatened by strip mining. Cape Alumina Pty Ltd has lodged mining lease applications which include approximately 12,300 ha of the Reserve. Cape Alumina company documents indicate an intention to mine 50 plus million tons over a 10 year period commencing 2010. The greater part of this mine is on SIWR

The proposed area for mining on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve contains the head waters of irreplaceable waterways and unique biodiversity which will not recover after mining operations are finished.


You can sign the petion online on the below link, it takes a couple of seconds.

http://www.savestevesplace.com/

its good to support it, i think ghe would vbe very upset

This is the problem with most human beings Ty... if they think they can make some cold hard cash, they don't give a second thought for conservation. All the animals are to them, is an obsticle, which prevents them from lining their pockets and getting rich quick. We class ourselves as the most intelligent life force on the planet, and are the only ones clever enough to build things like the Empire State building. Yet although we don't have the abiliity to fly, we are the only ones stupid enough to jump off it. What gives humans the right to exchange these animals lives/wellbeing for coloured paper?

already signed it!

i signed it sometime ago, but cant remember but signed it again with my other email addy, lol

Done and forwarded on to all the people I know that would care

Al Hyde wrote:Done and forwarded on to all the people I know that would care

my point exactly al . too many people are in this for the money

Signed..