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ECO Inc: More needed on Oceans Policy
The Environment and Conservation Organisations has welcomed the emergence of proposed legislation after a 5 year hiatus on the Oceans Policy. ...(more)
ECO Inc: Biofuels Bill report back much improved
The Environment and Conservation Organisations today welcomed the report back of the much improved Biofuels Bill....(more)
ECO Inc: Expulsion of Shell from Ogoni, Nigeria Hailed
The expulsion of Shell Oil from Ogoni country in the Niger Delta by the Nigerian Government was hailed in Wellington today by the Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ as a wake up call to the big oil companies to clean up their environmental performance and their impacts on local people...(more)
ECO Inc: Dolphin decision broadly welcomed - but risks remain
The Environment and Conservation Organisations today broadly welcomed the decisions of the Minister of Fisheries, Jim Anderton, and the Minister of Conservation, Steve Chadwick, to reduce the threats on Hector’s and Maui dolphins....(more)
ECO Inc: Budget leaves conservation in the cold
The Budget 2008 has largely left New Zealand’s environment and conservation estate and threatened species out in the cold says the Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ ...(more)
ECO Inc: Climate legislation needs strengthening
The Environmental Trading Scheme has to be strengthened to ensure all those that emit greenhouse gases have an equal incentive to reduce their emissions, the Environment and Conservation Organisations told the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee today....(more)
ECO Inc: Households and taxpayers to subsidise big polluters more and longer
Households and taxpayers will have to subsidise SUV drivers, dairy farmers, and industry polluters for much longer with the changes to the emissions trading system announced today by the Prime Minister...(more)
ECO Inc: Oceans management seminar - Wellington, 15 May
What has become of the Oceans Policy? Why do we need environmental regulation? Your chance to hear about and discuss this, in an evening seminar at Turnbull House...(more)
ECO Inc: High Seas Bottom Trawl Controls Welcomed
ECO welcomed the Government's putting measures in place to implement the Interim Measures agreed for bottom fishing on the High Seas in the South Pacific....(more)
ECO Inc: Conservation Job Losses for Trade Deals, Marine Unit Pulped
The substantial job losses pending at the Department of Conservation come just days after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gained huge amounts of extra funding, particularly in the area of Trade negotiations and foreign posts...(more)
