In his paper to you, Mike Logan, our youngest Cotton Australia Board Director, said to you, &quote;unless we have the support of the local communities, we are doomed to extinction&quote;. To that I would like to add that unless we effectively police ourselves as an industry through complete adoption and adherence to best management practice, then environmental agencies, water regulatory bodies and ultimately some consumers led by green activists, will all combine to convert this industry from the profitable, economic driver of much of the bush in NSW and QLD to a marginal one