Territory Stories

Ministerial Statement Greenhouse effect

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Title

Ministerial Statement Greenhouse effect

Other title

Tabled Paper 999

Collection

Tabled Papers for 5th Assembly 1987 - 1990; Tabled Papers; ParliamentNT

Date

1989-08-29

Description

Tabled by Marshall Perron

Notes

Made available by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory under Standing Order 240. Where copyright subsists with a third party it remains with the original owner and permission may be required to reuse the material.

Language

English

Subject

Tabled papers

File type

application/pdf

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License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00044

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/298433

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/387330

Page content

RECOVERY AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE REPROCESSING, RECYCLING OR DISPOSAL OF OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES; * INTRODUCTION OF IMPROVED DESIGN AND OPERATING PROCEDURES TO REDUCE CFCs AND HALON EMISSIONS BY INDUSTRY; * PROGRAMS TO INCREASE INDUSTRY AWARENESS OF HOW SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES CAN BE IMPROVED; AND * PROGRAMS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF WHAT WE CAN DO AS INDIVIDUALS TO REDUCE OUR USE OF CFCs AND HALONS. MR SPEAKER, I NOW TURN TO OTHER ACTION THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING TO FURTHER PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A CONSERVATION STRATEGY FOR THE TERRITORY WHICH WILL FOCUS ON: * THE INTEGRATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION, * THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. AND UTILISATION OF RESOURCES, AND * PRESERVATION OF THE TERRITORY'S GENETIC DIVERSITY AND ESSENTIAL ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES.