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City Council on Thursday unanimously approved the long-awaited land-bank bill, and Mayor Nutter promptly vowed to sign it - clearing the way for Philadelphia to become the largest city in the country with a land bank.

The goal of the bank is to cut through City Hall red tape and create a comprehensive system for confronting blight by turning vacant and tax-delinquent parcels into tax-producing properties.

Thursday's vote was something of a formality, since the tough part of agreeing on the bill's amendments was hashed out last week between its primary sponsor, Councilwoman Maria Quiones Snchez, and Council President Darrell L. Clarke.

The legislation is only the start of what will be a lot of decision-making on how the land bank is to operate.

"It's a huge step forward in addressing vacant property issues in the city," said Rick Sauer, executive director of the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations.

The land bank will likely take at least a year to be fully implemented. A budget and a staff need to be approved by next summer, and policies and procedures for how both the staff and the bank's board will operate, along with a strategic plan, will need to be developed and approved by Council.

"Now the ball is in the administration's court to resource and appropriately staff it," Quiones Snchez, who has championed the land-bank idea for five years, said after the bill passed.

Nutter's spokesman, Mark McDonald, said the mayor was committed to funding the land-bank staff and whatever else is required to move the plan forward.

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A farmer who has served two jail terms for contempt of court has thrown down the gauntlet to the State's top judge and the Department of Environmental Regulation by clearing land on his Munglinup property.

Max Szulc said yesterday that he had been busy clearing native vegetation regrowth on his farm since being released from jail in February after spending 15 months behind bars.

Chief Justice Wayne Martin has sent Mr Szulc to jail twice for contempt of court - the first time for three months - over a clearing dispute that started in 2009.

The 65-year-old said he was willing to go to jail for a third time over the issue which he admitted had "bled him dry".

"I've been busy clearing land since I got out of jail. I'm convinced they (DER, formerly known as the Department of Conservation) have been watching me through satellite images but they haven't bothered coming out," Mr Szulc said. "I'm prepared to go back to jail."

Mr Szulc said he felt vindicated last week when the State Government relaxed laws on land clearing that have led to a series of bitter court battles with farmers.

The changes allow farmers to clear 5ha of native vegetation a year for farm management and infrastructure projects, up from 1ha a year.

Environment Minister Albert Jacob also moved to slash protection on native vegetation regrowth on land previously used for agriculture. Farmers can now unlock land legally cleared in the past 20 years instead of the previous 10-year limit.

"Even before the regulations were changed last week I believed I was right," Mr Szulc said. "The whole issue is the land was legally cleared in the past, the vegetation was written off at that time and now they want to reclaim it."

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Neighbors of George D. Harlow Field are wondering why tree and land clearing at the town-owned airport has been allowed to continue after state officials issued a noncompliance notice for the ongoing $15.34 million runway improvement project.

State Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Joseph Ferson said the noncompliance notice was issued Nov. 19 after local officials failed to adhere to a 2012 variance for the project, which will widen the runway to 100 feet, extend it by 300 feet, shift it 190 feet west of the current surface and add 300-foot paved safety buffers at each end.

The notice states that officials failed to submit required information prior to the start of construction and failed to seek approval of changes made to plans and documents.

It does not require they cease work, Ferson said. It requires that they respond and address those specific violations within 30 days, and we go from there.

But resident Joseph Pecevich said its troubling that the work has been allowed to go on even though conditions that officials agreed upon are not being met.

People are outraged and disgusted and saddened to see what happened, he said.

Resident Peter Howard also said he cant believe state environmental officials would allow such wide-scale clearing to continue.

What theyve done to the environment is outrageous, he said. If you put a shovel in the wetlands down at Wollaston Beach, you could get arrested for tampering with wetlands, yet theyre bringing in machinery thats incredibility huge.

Town airport commission Chairman Robert Reilly said Tuesday that officials have responded to the noncompliance notice, explaining that the violation is the result of miscommunication between two Department of Environmental Protection offices the Boston office and the Southeast office

Because so many permits were required, officials in the Boston office agreed to allow airport officials to respond to the conditions only when all appeals and negotiations had ended, but that was not communicated to the Southeast office the office that issued the noncompliance notice, Reilly said.

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SUNGAI PETANI: THE Kedah government is committed to get Lembah Bujang listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site, said Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir yesterday.

Mukhriz also urged certain quarters to stop manipulating the recent demolition of a candi by a private developer. He said the ancient remnants in the valley represented a civilisation comprising Hinduism, Buddhism and Islamic influences dating back to the 8th century.

As such, he urged all parties to view the Lembah Bujang valley issue from the bigger perspective of an ancient civilisation.

While stressing that the state government was not downplaying the importance of the candi at Site 11 in Sungai Batu, which was demolished during land clearing works, he said it was crucial to view the importance of Lembah Bujang as a potential tourist attraction.

"First of all, the demolished structure at site 11 is not an eight-century-old candi, but a reconstructed foundation rebuilt in 1974 on the candi's original site.

"The state government is committed to preserve and rehabilitate all the ancient remnants from the Hindus, Buddhist and Muslim civilisations in Lembah Bujang. Thus, if we only focus on a Hindu structure alone, then we will be missing the much bigger point here.

"In fact, Maharaja Derba Raja XI had converted to Islam and changed his name to Sultan Muzaffar Shah from 1136, which marked the beginning of Islamic and Malay civilisation in Lembah Bujang and the state," he said after attending a luncheon with members of the Kedah and Perlis Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).

On the Unesco listing, Mukhriz said the previous Kedah administrations had made several attempts to obtain the listing but the state had to comply with several requirements set by the world body.

"The state is committed to secure the Unesco listing as Lembah Bujang has potential to become an international tourism attraction as one of the earliest civilisations existed in the region."

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Police responded to a workplace accident Tuesday in Beaver Bank involving an injured outdoor worker.

RCMP said the incident happened at about 8:25 a.m. at the Lost Creek Golf Course outside Halifax. A 50-year-old worker received burns to his body while clearing land, a police spokesman said.

Cpl. Scott MacRae said the victim was taken to the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre with serious burns, but his condition was not believed to be life-threatening.

The worker got into trouble while clearing land at the course, MacRae said. He said the incident took place after the man poured accelerant on brush and it became engulfed.

MacRae said the accelerant was accidentally directed at the man and he was badly burned.

Paramedics attended to the worker and took him to hospital.

MacRae said the Labour Departments occupational health and safety division is investigating the incident.

Department spokeswoman Chrissy Matheson said worker-safety staff are at the scene of the accident.

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The State Government has bowed to pressure from farmers to relax controversial laws on land clearing that have led to a series of bitter court battles.

The changes come after Munglinup farmer Max Szulc served 15 months jail for breaching an order not to clear native vegetation on his property and other high-profile cases.

Under the changes, farmers will be able to clear 5ha of native vegetation a year for farm management purposes and infrastructure projects.

The existing limit of 1ha a year has caused a major headache for farmers and been policed through analysis of satellite images covering millions of hectares of agricultural land.

The Government also moved to slash protection of native vegetation regrowth on land previously used for agriculture.

Farmers can now unlock land legally cleared for agriculture in the past 20 years, double the current limit of 10 years.

Environment Minister Albert Jacob said the changes would take effect from tomorrow and he flagged cutting more red tape to make it easier for farmers to manage their land.

"They are intended to reduce regulatory burdens that prohibit future growth and success for land owners and managers, and help farmers get on with managing their land," he said.

The move comes weeks after South West farmer Peter Swift won a three-year court battle over land clearing and follows years of intense lobbying by WAFarmers and the Pastoralists and Graziers Association.

The Government is considering further amendment to the Environmental Protection Act to streamline clearing approvals and is committed to replacing the Wildlife Conservation Act.

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Land clearing impacts the environment significantly, whether it is a small scale or large scale clearance. When land clearing is extensive the effects can be irreversible, but when the clearing is minimal the effects can be reversed. The threat to the environment lies with the irreversible clearance and can destroy an entire ecosystem causing environmental threats, such as green house gas emissions, a rise in soil salinity, the destruction of natural habitats for animals, the decrease and even extinction in indigenous flora and fauna, as well as erosion. Extensive land clearing is a problem in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania.

For the most part, land clearing has been utilized to make way for agricultural and urban development. In the past, governments and people thought that if land was left on its own that it was being "wasted" when it could be put to good use to be developed for agricultural purposes. By taking scrub land, clearing it, and turning it into fields for crop production not only was the increase in land value raised, but so was economic gain for the community. While at one time land clearing was seen as beneficial and even progressive, it is now generally viewed as destructive. Since more environmental awareness has taken hold, countries which use land clearing keep legislative regulation on its use. Despite the known negative environmental impact, farmers worldwide object to the restriction of land clearance because it effects their crop production and how much land they have available to them.

Land clearing is used to clear often untouched lands that were originally a habitat for native flora and fauna. To clear land for agricultural purposes one must not only remove native plants, trees and boulders, but also must break up the soil. Breaking the soil includes the removal of rocks, roots and stumps left behind by the initial clearing. Once the soil is broken, the land is cleared and ready for agricultural use.

The effects of mass land clearing can severely affect a natural habitat not only for the plants and animals that live in the area, but for nearby human populations as well. When native plants and trees are removed this makes room for invasive species to take over, which pushes out the area's indigenous animals causing a rise in rates of extinction. This decreases the biodiversity of an area can upset the delicate balance of an ecosystem that relies on its native flora and fauna to maintain a biological system of checks and balances.

Land clearing puts a strain not only on native animal populations but on the earth itself. By removing plants and trees the land is being left exposed, which can cause soil erosion. Soil erosion is the loss of natural nutrients in the earth that help plants to grow. Leaving land bare to the elements can also cause a problem in dry land salinity. Dry land salinity is the rise of salt to the surface of the ground by means of groundwater. When plants are removed from the earth their root systems go with them. These root systems are responsible for keeping the groundwater levels down and therefore the salt content low in the soil. When the roots are removed the groundwater levels rise along with the salt. This not only causes a desert like landscape but also makes it near impossible for plants to flourish, whether they be native or agricultural plants. This in turn affects the health of nearby streams, creeks and rivers, and ultimately affects the drinking water of animal and human populations. Additionally, the emission of green house gases can occur when trees and logs are left after being felled. As the debris rots the greenhouse gasses are released into the are which some scientists believe deplete the ozone layer.

By using land clearing in a small scale setting, such as a back yard and gardening area, the effects are far less severe compared to agricultural related land clearing. In order to prevent mass environmental negative impact, land clearing should be prevented. However, such a thing is not always possible so in order to reduce the effects on the environment land clearing should be regulated. Instead of clearing large tracts of land all at once and then leaving the soil open to the elements, it would be better to replant the clear space quickly so as to prevent soil erosion and soil saliently. To help maintain natural habitats, such as wetlands for native species, some contractors who clear land have to buy additional land to be converted into wetlands in an attempt to balance out the loss.

Since agriculture is the greatest means of food production no permanent solution can found at this time. By being active in an environmental organization and lobbying your representatives to have tighter restrictions on land clearing, you can certainly contribute to the growing awareness of its negative effects.

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