Protecting nature
with the Resource Management Act
The Resource Management
Act (RMA) is New Zealand's main environmental legislation. It is the law that
local and central government use to manage the impact of human activities on the environment.
Forest & Bird uses the RMA to help protect nature from activities that can be harmful, such as mining, pollution, forest clearance and wetland drainage. The RMA often gives you the right to have a say on activities that may harm the environment in your local area.
Forest &Bird is also campaigning to ensure that the RMA serves to better protect our environment. One way we are doing this is by encouraging better performance by local and central government. Local government has the main responsibility for managing the environmental effects of activities under the RMA.
Purchase
The Handbook of Environmental Law, a completely rewritten edition of the 1992 book of the same name, is available from Forest & Bird for the reduced price of $10. Its contributors - academics, conservationists and practitioners – are specialists in their fields. The book is a comprehensive guide aimed at people who are not necessarily experts, but wish to understand and use New Zealand’s environmental legislation. Click here to purchase your copy.
