The Pure State of Nature: Sacred cows, destructive myths and the environment

'Aborigines did not cause the extinction of the megafauna . . . and it is unlikely that they have caused the extinction of any element of the fauna and flora.'

'If you want to practise control burning in order to protect houses or farms, then do it in the same way as you would use a bulldozer to clear a firebreak, but don't pretend that you are doing anything but damage to the environment.'

'If you commercialise an environmental resource you do so to make money. Don't pretend that it also ben...