NVR _ Native Vegetation retention Legislation--

Regulations to limit native vegetation removal are still a major focus of environmental departments. There is nothing wrong with identifyting and preserving unique habitats and species which occupy them , but there is something wrong with focusing on the products of ecosystems .Arse about stuff . SCA pioneered the concept of systems analysis which focused on the forces that create habitat opportunities - the role of seed , soil and soil water relationships  in particular .
Those of us who have worked with and recommended changes to the legislation have occassionally recommended the legislations complete removal because of its crude and incorrect focus- yet it remains as a grand millstone around the neck of governements; a millstone threatening to drown the credibility of government staff on conservation  ;
NVR's focus on the  preservation of dying trees and forest is completely misplaced - yet as you know reading this , Shire staff go out religiuosly to try to preserve museum pieces of wood that are destined to be destroyed by fire. The focus of any regeneration and conservation program should be on the seed and the soil.  Removal of old trees is needed to make way for new trees and new better adapted roadside ecosystem realities and communities  .

NVR  regulations were established several decades ago when there was some risk of conversion of marginal lands to Agriculture . As the chance of that sort of land use application being submitted is very low is the focus of Shires on small numbers of trees and trees on roadsides creating largely nuisance value focus- threatening the credibility and viability of conservation organisations ?
What do you think ?