Australian Conservation Foundation
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (German: Australian Environmental Foundation ) is a non-profit organization for the protection of nature and the environment. The non-profit foundation was founded in Melbourne in August 1966 and is dedicated to sustainable nature and environmental protection of national importance in Australia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea, such as the designation and management of nature reserves , sustainable agriculture, forest and water protection, and the effects of climate change , ecological energy production, nuclear hazards and atomic energy as well as nature conservation and environmental protection legislation .
Politics, organizational structure and financing
The ACF is committed to nature conservation and the environment that are of national importance, but also supports local nature conservation initiatives that are of great importance or could develop into such. The main political goals of the ACF are: healthy air, land, water and biodiversity, sustainable urban development and sustainable industry, for a nuclear-free Australia and implementation of actions to protect the global environment. Representation of interests and public relations determine the external image of the foundation.
The Australian Conservation Foundation is headed by the Council of Representatives with 53 members elected for three years. The committee meets continuously and determines the focus and policy of the foundation. In 2005, Ian Lowe , a Griffith University professor emeritus, was elected President, succeeding Peter Garrett . Don Henry has been executive director since 1998. The Foundation's board of directors consists of the President, two Vice Presidents, four Registrars and four co-opted members who are selected based on their qualifications and experience.
About 90% of the ACF's funding comes from its members and supporters, with the remainder coming from the Australian federal government or selected companies. The revenue of the Foundation amounted example, within the period of one year in the period of 2007/2008 AUD $ 13,088,934 and 39,845 people were employed.
history
In the 1960s, the Australian Conservation Foundation grew out of committed academics, government officials, politicians and corporate figures. The impetus was the Duke of Edinburgh , who inspired Francis Ratcliffe to set up a nature conservation organization. In August 1964 the foundation was established in Canberra . The first conservation themes to be addressed were the protection of eucalyptus , rainforest , the Great Barrier Reef and areas in central Australia. Initially, the Great Barrier Reef was only about protection from mining activities.
In the 1970s, the ACF put the protection of eucalyptus in Victoria , Lake Pedder in Tasmania and whaling in the foreground of its activities. 1974 Australia signed the Convention of the UNESCO - World Heritage and the ACF nominated first Australian projects for inclusion on the list of World Natural and World Heritage Site with the Great Barrier Reef and Fraser Island . ACF got involved in the protest against uranium mining in Australia in the Ranger uranium mine and worked with the Aborigines . Environmental pollution, climate change and population development became the subject of her work.
In the 1980s, campaigns began to protect the Franklin River , one of the oldest rivers in the world, to protect forests, and the topical Daintree National Park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The ACF formed an alliance with the National Farmers Federation , an association committed to sustainable agriculture, and campaigned in 1989 against mining the Antarctic . By the late 1980s, the Australian Conversation Foundation had become Australia's leading and recognized conservation organization.
In the 1990s, the depletion of the ozone layer became an issue in Australia's environmental movement, as did the creation of sustainable ecological jobs and genetics . In addition, the ACF was committed to indigenous interests beyond Australia in the Asia-Pacific region in the mining projects on Coronation Hill and the OkTedi open-cast mine in Papua New Guinea . The ACF established the Sustainable Energy Industries Council of Australia and the Australian federal government pledged a 25% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2005. In 1996, the ACF brought a concept to improve the water quality of Australian rivers into the public debate, particularly addressing the environmental problems on the Murray River . ACF and other environmental protection organizations participated in the blockade of the Jabiluka uranium mine , which led to strong national and international media coverage.
In the first decade of the 2000s, the ACF dealt with a long-term strategy to preserve nature. This project dealt with water pollution control, the reduction of greenhouse gases and energy efficiency , the tax reform under the primacy of the environment as well as the reconciliation between Aborigines and non-Labor, whereby partnerships were established with the Aborigines especially in northern Australia. The ACF's activities focused on restoring the Snowy River , preventing radioactive waste from being dumped in South Australia , halting large-scale land clearing in Queensland , restoring the Jabiluka uranium mine site and designating marine reserves in Victoria. The soil salinity , the pollution of the water and energy made the ACF to a national matter, led national actions on climate change and for the preservation of forests at the Murray River and in Tasmania through. In August 2007, the ACF launched the Who On Earth Cares Greenhouse Gas Reduction campaign , which aims to address climate change and show the local impact, with internet visuals at the local level.
When Julia Gillard 's government, led by the Australian Labor Party , came to power in June 2010, the ACF asked them to implement the science-based remediation plan to improve the environmental conditions in the Murray-Darling Basin, a network of marine protected areas, a green one Submit a climate change plan, control Australian timber imports, integrate the area of the planned Koongarra uranium mine into Kakadu National Park and develop and pursue a sustainable population policy.
Periodicals
- 1967–1978 News letter (Australian Conservation Foundation) . ISSN 0084-7283
- 1979–1980 Tjurkulpa: Australian Conservation Foundation newsletter . ISSN 0084-7283
- 1981–1987 Australian Conservation Foundation newsletter . ISSN 0726-4151
- 1988–1995 Conservation news: newsletter of the Australian Conservation Foundation . ISSN 1031-2323
- 1999–2001 Revive (Australian Conservation Foundation) quarterly
- from 1973 Habitat quarterly
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philosophy on www.acfonline.org.au ( Memento of the original of February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 17, 2010
- ↑ ACF Council ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 17, 2011
- ↑ a b ACF Annual & Sustainability Report 2007-08 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 17, 2011
- ↑ a b c d e About ACF The Australian Conservation Foundation: A Remarkable History on www.acfonline.org.au ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 17, 2011
- ^ Opportunities for our environment. ACF statement of September 7, 2010 ( Memento of the original of March 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 17, 2011
further reading
- Lines, William J. (2006) Patriots: defending Australia's natural heritage St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2006. ISBN 0-70223-554-7
- Broadbent, Beverley (1999) Inside the Greening: 25 years of the Australian Conservation Foundation Insite Press, Elwood, Victoria, 1999. ISBN 0-64637-411-7