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Dairy farmers challenge tougher nutrient loss plan – Newsroom
Years of collaboration between dairy farmers, environmentalists and Environment Canterbury aimed at improving water quality has collapsed into a court battle…..
Irrigation NZ appeals Plan Change 5
Irrigation New Zealand is one of seven organisations to appeal the plan change. The others are Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation Limited, Dairy Holdings Limited, DairyNZ, Federated Farmers, Rangitata Diversion Race Management Limited and Ravensdown Limited.
Reticent champion for lake ecology – ODT
Lake snow found in Lake Tekapo.
Lake Pukaki deer farmers recognised – Otago Daily Times
Hamish and Julia Mackenzie’s high-country farm, Braemar Station, is among the best in the business.
The couple have won the New Zealand Deer Farmers Association Next Generation Award, which recognises their efforts for outstanding performance across environmental, financial and social aspects of their business.
Kim Hill interviews Johan Rockstrom – Planetary boundaries
The Hillary Institute recently announced Sweden’s Johan Rockström as the global Hillary Laureate for 2017. The Institute, inspired by Sir Edmund Hillary, aims to support leaders working in the areas of climate change, poverty, disease, peace, and justice.
Troubled Waters – NZ Geographic
Availability of water marks a division in the Mackenzie Country between irrigated dairy pasture and traditional tussock-dominated grazing land.
New Study prepares for RMA shake-up
The Environmental Defence Society review launched today, New Zealand’s Resource Management Law: the Next Generation, is made possible by $356,000 of New Zealand Law Foundation funding. The 18-month project will study New Zealand experience and international best practice in environmental management law and make evidence-based recommendations for change.
Canterbury may have hit ‘peak cow’ with incoming rules – ChCh Press
After decades of rising cow numbers in Canterbury, new rules will likely result in a decline.
Canterbury had now reached ‘peak cow’ says local farmer – Radio NZ.
Canterbury Regional Council’s Plan Change 5 to the Land and Water Regional Plan involves limits being placed on, for example, how much urine is deposited on paddocks by dairy cows.