Fed: Rural people need help on climate change: alliance

AAP General News (Australia)
08-07-2009
Fed: Rural people need help on climate change: alliance

(Eds: Embargoed until 0600 AEST, Friday August 7)



CANBERRA, Aug 7 AAP - Rural communities need more help to cope with climate change,
the federal government has been told.

The National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) and the Australian Conservation Foundation
(ACF) have teamed up to call for a greater focus on the bush in the fight against climate
change.

They want a fifth of all revenue from the proposed emissions trading scheme to go to
boosting health services and the environments of rural communities.

NRHA chair Jenny May said such a fund would bring health benefits to rural and remote
communities who were exposed to climate change.

"It would provide resources for training, infrastructure, services and programs that
promote healthy activities and illness prevention," Dr May said.

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