The Department of Conservation (DOC) has revived a controversial review of management plans for Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park.
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Report proposes “radical shift” to save Mackenzie Basin – Alice Geary, Timaru Herald
A “radical shift” in management is needed to protect the Mackenzie Basin from ongoing damage, the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) says in an extensive report released last week.
Fears for Mackenzie Basin landscapes – David Williams, Newsroom
The Mackenzie Basin’s glacially carved landscapes need urgent protection, an environmental group says. This morning, the Environmental Defence Society releases a report – commissioned by government agencies Department of Conservation and Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) – about landscape protection in the Basin/Te Manahuna.
Shovel ready secrecy risks everything – Kevin Hague, Forest and Bird
New Zealand has more species at risk of extinction than any other country on the planet. More than 95 percent of our waterways in developed areas are heavily polluted. Thirteen out of fourteen native habitat types are getting smaller at the hands of our own activity.
Extensive trapping boosts number of critically endangered kakī – Michael Hayward, Timaru Herald
A population survey this year found 169 known kakī/black stilt living in the wild in the Mackenzie Basin, between Tekapo and Twizel.
Billionaire drops lakeside lodge plan – David Williams, Newsroom
A Hong Kong billionaire has dropped a controversial plan to build a sprawling lodge overlooking a scenic South Island lake.
Fight against wilding pines gets funding boost – Mathew Littlewood, Timaru Herald
A wilding pine infestation near Tekapo.
The Government has set aside $2 million to help fund wilding pine clearance operations in the Mackenzie District and Canterbury.
The funding, which was confirmed by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage and Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor, would help tackle the invasive plant species.
NZ`s polluted waterways threaten our health – Dr Mike Joy, Newsroom
For all the attention focused on the state of freshwater in New Zealand over the past few years, relatively little has been said about the associated health threats – we have been too distracted by our inability to swim in our favourite rivers and by the declining state of freshwater ecosystems.
Nature is showing us the way: Rod Oram, Newsroom
The bankruptcy of the exploitive economy is abundantly clear. One measure of its ecological failure is our breaching of some of the nine planetary boundaries defined by Earth systems science. One measure of its economic and social failure is the UN’s Human Development Report.
Stop using Covid-19 as cover for lobbying-as-usual. Donna Awatere Huata, Newsroom
The cost of the Government making concessions to agricultural lobbying groups amid the Covid-19 crisis will end up being paid for by our environment and our people, writes Māori Climate Commissioner Donna Awatere Huata
…………The first report to come out of the Act, Environment Aotearoa 2019, describes farming as the single largest polluter of both water and land. It highlights that what they call their “good management practices” pose the greatest risk for the survival of native species – 76 percent of which are in danger of extinction.