If ever there was a place in NZ where we should say ‘no more dairying’ this is it, says Gary Taylor of the Environmental Defence Society.
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Ornamental to detrimental – 2018 Leonard Cockayne Lecture
Wed 16 May
Professor Philip Hulme speaks on the current and future threats to New Zealand by non-native plants, and the policies and tools that are needed to control these plant invaders.
Nature pays the price for our self-interest – Newshub – Geoff Keey
Take the Mackenzie Country – where the Government has practically gifted vast swathes of public land to private interests; local government has given permission for irrigated dairy farms in the closest thing New Zealand has to a desert; and Fonterra is forced by its Act of Parliament to collect milk regardless of where or how that milk was produced.
NZ Fish and Game boss wants cap on high country tourism – Timaru Herald
Fish & Game chief executive Martin Taylor says something needs to be done to ensure the influx of tourism in the High Country doesn’t damage the environment.
Possible boat ban on Lake Pukaki draws big reaction – Otago Daily Times
The plan change, proposing to change motorised boating from a permitted to a prohibited activity “to protect the unique natural quiet, beauty and tranquility values” of the lake, drew 165 submissions in the first round of public submissions last month and is now out for its second round of consultation.
Pipeline ramps up at southern farm – Newsroom
In a strongly-worded letter penned in January last year, Sally Jones, DOC’s operations manager of its Te Manahuna/Twizel office, said it strongly opposed the easement application which allowed the pipeline across the Simons Pass pastoral lease and “the whole route should be reconsidered”.
Three months later, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), the Government agency that manages Crown land, granted the easement. It’s unclear if changes were made to the pipeline route to address DOC’s concerns.
Fixing farming NZ`s climate challenge – Rod Oram Newsroom
He entrusted a particular task to us: agriculture and food production globally present the greatest climate change challenge of all. Their big adverse effects on the ecosystem are compounded by associated impacts through deforestation, agricultural monocultures, biodiversity loss and the declining health of soils and water.
Major spike in tourism leads to access problems – The Timaru Herald
A South Canterbury high country farmer says he now gets 100,000 people walking across his property every year, and he wants Government help.
The big risk to NZ Inc – Christchurch Press
Tenure review process disappoints Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage – Timaru Herald
The tenure review process is not delivering the right outcomes for conservation, according to the Minister of Conservation and Land Information.