Community & Business
17 September, 2021
Residents unite to voice concerns over windfarm
MORE than 120 people banded together to discuss their concerns about the proposed industrial wind farm development of Chalumbin during a meeting convened by Rainforest Reserves Australia and the Farmers’ Network.
MORE than 120 people banded together to discuss their concerns about the proposed industrial wind farm development of Chalumbin during a meeting convened by Rainforest Reserves Australia and the Farmers’ Network.
Residents situated in and around Ravenshoe attended the Keep Chalumbin wild meeting at Ravenshoe Town Hall which saw two keynote presentations and a film presentation by photographer Steven Nowakowski.
Mr Nowakowski a keen environmentalist also discussed the ecological impacts of the Kaban wind farm site and the potential destruction in store should the Chalumbin wind farm go ahead.
“We need to protect the wilderness we have left,” Rainforest Reserves Australia CEO Carolyn Emms told The Express.
“Over the last ten years we’ve seen our precious remnant habitat plundered for the sake of massive industrial energy developments.
“This is simply placing corporate greed before the lives of our most vulnerable species and ecologies.
“Habitat loss is killing animals and plants daily, damaging our delicate ecosystems, destroying our water cycles and eroding our soils.
“We cannot destroy habitat without impacting entire ecological systems we rely on to survive.
“The solution is wholistic – we need to conserve the remnant wilderness we have left, increase carbon farming and support farmers to adopt regenerative agricultural practices.”
The proposed site for the windfarm is 10km south of Ravenshoe. Meantime, a recent statement from Epuron said the area is an excellent wind resource with measurements showing particularly high night-time speeds.
Epuron claims wind farms generate significant economic benefits for local and regional communities.
Queensland’s first wind farm opened in 2000.
