ECOlink

ECOlink is ECO's quarterly newsletter. ECOlink is sent out to the 'Friends of ECO' and ECO members.

ECOLink covers a wide range of environmental issues of concern to ECO and its members.

The latest issue has been sent to Friends and Members


You can view some previous issues here:

DECEMBER 2012 - contents:

Crown Minerals Bill
Greenpeace wins case
CCAMLR stalls on Ross Sea
Australia leaps ahead of NZ           
New Plymouth DC destroying habitat
Conservation alive and well
Developments at Ghost Road
Sustainable Whanganui Trust
Bay of Islands - Opua Reserve
DOHA Climate Change negotiations
Books and Resources
Upcoming Events and Projects

OCTOBER 2012 - contents:

Ross Sea
Losing ice to climate change
Maui Dolphins
Waitangi Tribunal
Legislation before parliament
Avon River Park
The Value of Water: Asset Sales
Rio+20 and what happens next
Who are negotiators for the planet?
ECO Conference Review
The Last Ocean - film review
Upcoming Events


JUNE 2012 - contents:

ECO Conference 2012               
Constitutional Review               
Longfin Eels                    
EEZ and the Continental Shelf Bill       
Maui and Hectors Dolphins           
Emissions Trading Scheme           
Plantation Forestry Standards and Impacts   
Anti-Frackers - Alarmists or Alarmed?       
A Rocha: Christians in Conservation       
Regional Coastal Plans           
NZ Inventory of Biodiversity            


MARCH 2012

Content:

Minerals, Oil and Gas Agenda    
ECO Conference 2012     
Quota Management System      
Antarctic Ocean Alliance    
Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust: profile       
Book reviews           
Trans-Pacific Partnership           

DECEMBER 2011

Content:

Election Implications   
Summer Festival notice  
Hydraulic Fracturing   
CERA Recovery Strategy for Christchurch
Resource Management Act  
350 Aotearoa - Climate Solutions 
Aarhus Convention   
Book review: Hook, Line and Blinkers 
Global Meetings in 2012  
Durban Climate Talks   

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011

Content:

Election Issues   
ECO Annual Conference 2011  
NZ Coastal Policy   
Marine Environment Bill  
Taharua and Upper Mohaka Catchment
Incorporated Societies Law Reform 
Denniston Coal Mine Proposal  
Generation Zero   
Cuts at Department of Conservation 
NZ faces e-waste crisis  
Eradicating Ecocide   
Energy Policy    
NZ Native Trees - book review  

June 2011

Content:

ECO Conference 2011
Government Budget has no new direction
Rebuilding a more sustainable Christchurch
Introducing ECO Working Groups
National Rules on Plantation Forestry Agreed
Pollution or healthcare and conservation?
Government should stop deep sea oil drilling
Ross Sea short film competition
Conservation needs 1080: PCE Report
Tropical timber
Progress needed on climate change


MARCH 2011

Content:
Proposed Policy Statement on Biodiversity  1
Lignite and the Climate   5
Feeble Gas Emissions Reduction Target 7
Emissions Trading Scheme Review  8
New ECO website design   9
Ministers Centralise Power   10
Mokihinui Update    12
Christchurch and the RMA   13
Ross Sea     14
IUCN-CEC Communications Workshops 14

December 2010

Content:
New NES for Plantation Forestry 1
Aquaculture Legislation   2
Land and Water Forum Report   4
Biodiversity Strategic Plan  6
Environmental Protection Authority Bill 10
Coastal Policy Statement   12
UK to Measure National Happiness 12
Pike River Coal  13
International Year of the Forests 13
Antarctic Meeting   14

 

September 2010

Content:
Minerals and conservation areas  1
Crown Minerals Act review   3
Oil exploration off New Zealand shores  5
Fifth National Communication Review  6
National Standards on Plantation Forestry  7
Biodiversity National Policy Statement  8
Aquaculture changes    10
IUCN-CESSP Conference   11
ECO Conference report   12
ECO Executive Committee  13

 

June 2010

Content:
ECO Conference  1
Budget 2010  2
Mining proposals 4
Environment Canterbury  5
Vehicles on beaches  8
Public participation cuts  10
Recycling e-Waste  11
Member Group Stories   12
10:10 New Zealand    13

 

March 2010

December 2009

Content:
Copenhagen climate negotiations  1
Emissions Trading Scheme Amendments  3
Stockton mine     6
CCAMLR     8
South Pacific Regional Fisheries  9
Water management in the Hurunui River   10
Water footprints    12
Wild Rivers campaign 14

 

October 2009

Mining on conservation land   1
RMA changes   3
Climate Change legislation   4
EPA launched   6
Unsustainable paper   7
Enviroschools cut    8
Fish plans   8
ECO Conference   9
New Exec members    10

 

June 2009

NZ Climate Action Partnership 2
IUCN Director General visits New Zealand 4
RMA Reform Phase II begins 5
Budget 2009 6
Wild Rivers Campaign 7
Green New Deal 8
Tasmanian Forest campaign 10
New Member: Clean Stream Waiheke 12
Save Happy Valley Coalition fights on 13

 

March 2009

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