{"id":325461,"date":"2010-02-15T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http%3A%2F%2Fwwf.org.au%2Fnews%2Falanoxleyresponse%2F"},"modified":"2010-02-15T09:00:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T14:00:01","slug":"statement-on-february-11-opinion-piece-by-alan-oxley-in-the-australian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/325461","title":{"rendered":"Statement on February 11 opinion piece by Alan Oxley in The Australian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alan Oxley’s February 11 attack on WWF in The Australian<\/em> was selective and aimed to discredit the organisation’s solid conservation work. It is not the first attack on WWF by Mr Oxley and it is unlikely to be the last.<\/p>\n

WWF has a strong record in Asia\u00e2\u0080\u0093Pacific, Africa and Latin America of finding environmental middle ground solutions that ease poverty while preserving the environment. Our stance on deforestation is that we should not cut down more forest landscapes because there is a lot of unused land that has already been cleared – ideal for plantations and for generating income for local, often impoverished communities.<\/p>\n

Internationally, we work with business and other organisations to get the best outcome for all involved.<\/p>\n

Our environmental work takes into consideration the status of local people and how they can be empowered to live off the land sustainably without destroying the environment. Sadly there are too many cases where local prosperity has suffered because of environmental degradation. Finding the balance is key.<\/p>\n

WWF is continuously refining its policy to achieve the best sustainable deal for people and the environment and we have no doubt that it is a discussion we will continue to have long into the future.<\/p>\n

We pride ourselves at WWF in being a science-based conservation organisation. We have 50 years of global field work behind us, strong links to science and a proven track record of research, policy development and responsible advocacy. Core to our mission is giving voice to threats to biodiversity and the world’s natural systems that are brought to light by science.<\/p>\n

Without such advocacy, science that is vital to the long-term prosperity of our landscapes, species and economies, but perhaps counter to our short-term business and material interests, would
\nremain unheard.<\/p>\n

In the process of developing science-based policy, we welcome new research and valid criticism.<\/p>\n

We will have better science and better policy as a result. However we will not back down because our science-based work differs from the personal beliefs or self interests of others.<\/p>\n

Greg Bourne,<\/p>\n

CEO, WWF-Australia.<\/p>\n

Media Inquires: Rachael Hoy, WWF-Australia. Ph: 8202 1242. Mbl: 0407 204 594. Email: rhoy@wwf.org.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alan Oxley’s February 11 attack on WWF in The Australian was selective and aimed to discredit the organisation’s solid conservation work. It is not the first attack on WWF by Mr Oxley and it is unlikely to be the last. WWF has a strong record in Asia\u00e2\u0080\u0093Pacific, Africa and Latin America of finding environmental middle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}