Tune in to SBS One TONIGHT at 8.30

The spotlight will finally be put on some of the Greens' tactics!



Ever wondered why we get locked out of marine parks, grey nurse habitats and we cannot access some national parks all in the name of conservation, yet spearfishers and recreational fishers possess a stronger conservation ethic than the average consumer who holds the open right to buy any amount of seafood with no bag limits?

Reporter Oliver Steeds investigates the conservation movement and its major organisations in a documentary to be screened TONIGHT (Tuesday, August 23) at 8.30pm on SBS One. Steeds finds that the movement, far from stemming the tide of extinction that's engulfing the planet, has got some of its conservation priorities wrong.

The documentary examines the way the big conservation charities are run. It questions why some work with polluting big businesses to raise money and are alienating the very people they would need to stem the loss of species from earth.

Conservation is massively important but few dare to question the movement. Some critics argue that it is in part getting it wrong, and that, as a consequence, some of the flora and fauna it seeks to save are facing oblivion.