WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY

Professor Harry Messel. BA BSc Phd DSc. Positions held : Professor of Physics, University of Sydney. Vice Chancelloraand Chancellor of Bond University Queensland

“Allan Yeomans is the son of the late PA Yeomans, the creator of the Keyline system of agriculture and soil development. I have been an advocate of his Keyline concepts for over fifty years. In Priority One his son Allan argues for the expansion of Keyline principals and organic agricultural concepts to increase soil humus levels world wide to act as a significant brake on global warming. What he proposes is logical and practical and should not be ignored. I believe his concepts warrant immediate investigation by all relevant research organizations. If they confirm the viability of what Yeomans argues in Priority One his concepts should then be fostered by agricultural institutions and governments in all countries. Priority One may hold the answer the world now needs for the prevention of global warming.”

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An assessment by the late Professor C.E. (Wally) Wallington OAM., who was, among other things and at various times; Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Institute of Marine Science, University of NSW; Head of the School of Applied Science, Canberra College of Advanced Education; visiting Professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Establishment Oberpfaffenhofen; Chairman of the Scientific Section of OSTIV.
Referring to the original drafts of Priority One :

“These particularly interesting papers have two distinctive ingredients. One is the innovative way the author presents the major air, water, and pollution and greenhouse effect factors in terms of water depths and quotas per person. The other is his scenario of an integrated political, technical and social approach to sustainable agriculture. As a meteorologist, I commend the work with the Australian accolade: Good on ‘im”.

Professor Stuart B. Hill, Foundation Chair of Social Ecology. School of Social Biology. University of Western Sydney

“Allan Yeomans has challenged us to wake up and do something now to ensure that our species has a future – something that can buy us time as we radically reform our ways of living towards genuine sustainability. Through fossil fuel burning and land management that accelerates soil organic matter breakdown, we are releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than is being fixed by growing plants. Clearly we must reverse this to avoid the inevitable devastating climate change. This book lays out a way to do this that has so far been surprisingly neglected by most scientists and environmentalists. Although I don't agree with all of his proposals, I do recommend that anyone who is seriously concerned about the wellbeing of future generations read this book. I especially hope that politicians, scientists and environmentalists take lime to fully engage with his arguments and investigate his claims. It will probably take lobbing by the rest of us to persuade them to do this. If we fail in this project, we must bear the guilt of condemning our children and grandchildren to challenges that we can hardly imagine.”

Rob Borbidge. 35 th Premier of Queensland. Honorary Doctorate Griffith University. Awarded April 2004.

“Yeomans is uniquely experienced in fertility enhancing agriculture and meteorology. His book Priority One is an innovative approach to combating global warming and climate change. Priority One is essential reading, not only for environmental protection agencies, but for all related agencies of government.”

David Holmgren and Bill Mollison were the co-founders of Permaculture.

David Holmgren in December 2002, in his informative book; Permaculture: Principals & Pathways Beyond Sustainability, acknowledged Yeomans’ concepts of mitigating global warming by soil fertility enhancement and further stated, “The greenhouse issue simply gives us another good reason to get on with the job of rebuilding the natural capital of soil humus as essential for humanity’s survival in the post-fossil fuel era”.

Joint statement by:- Bruce Brockoff, John Buchannon, Brad Edwards, Paul Mathews, John Rowe, and Tony Tabart. All current or former winners of the Australian National Gliding Competitions. All have represented Australia internationally. Brad Edwards won the World Gliding Competitions in 1991.

“Allan Yeomans regularly acted as the consultant meteorologist at state and national gliding competition. At daily pre-?ight brie?ngs his explanations of weather phenomena existing, and what might be expected during the race was concise and clearly explained. His assessments were always well respected by competing pilots. Allan Yeomans has a wealth of knowledge and understanding of meteorology. We wish him every success.”

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