Who are Teachers for Forests?

Who are Teachers for Forests?

Following the formation of "Lawyers for Forests" and "Doctors for Forests", other professional groups such as Vets and Teachers have felt a need to strike a claim in the forest debate. Teachers for Forests have formed in the interest of better information about the state of our environmental assets, and the threats to them, and better education about how to protect and manage remnant ecosystems (especially in native forests). We are also concerned with the related issues surrounding how to ensure sustainable river flows, (including intermittent surface flows); protecting artesian basins and other ground water from depletion and salinity effects; and with the sustainability of forest resources, and the need to "practice what we preach" by demonstrating effective re-cycling systems in schools for both energy and material resources such as paper.

  Protection of flora and fauna diversity in this state: sustainability of forests and woodland ecosystems and wise use of water resources and forest products.

  Effective education about these issues.

  Provision of stimulating, refreshing, and energizing, in-servicing to teachers.

  Open dialogue between the Victorian Community and the Government on Forest Issues, especially the management of breaches, and community participation in strategic forward planning.

  The provision of real data about forest resource use, the maintenance of forest ecosystems, and species diversity, and the critiques that can be applied to these.

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