Key Issues
These are the key issues we work on listed below. Please browse the links on the right to read articles on these issues and find out more information:
- including toothfish fisheries and protection of the Ross Sea
- including expansion of fin fish farming, changes to the Resource Management Act and role of the government agencies.
- including the national policy statement on biodiversity
- The integration of land and water management is seen most clearly in relationship between catchment management and its connection to the coastal environment.
- including international and domestic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- including sustainable energy management and renewable energy.
- including plantation forestry, log imports, NZ Forest Accord and other agreements with the forest industry.
- including conservation of lakes, rivers and wetlands, and the Land and Water Forum
- including world heritage and mining on conservation land
- including oceans policy, sustainable fisheries, and marine protection
Resource Management Act*
- including changes to the Resource Management and fast tracking of projects.
Transport*
- including unsustainable roading projects and sustainable alternatives
Greening the Economy*
- including green charges, green technologies, green growth, environmental indicators and alternatives to GDP.
*Articles to be added soon
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