New Zealand’s largest independent conservation organisation is throwing its weight behind the young people striking from school on 15 March to demand action on climate change.
The Government agency charged with regulating mining under the Crown Minerals Act has been captured by industry, the State Services Commission (SSC) inquiry into private spies Thompson and Clark revealed today.
There are two rounds of reform. Stage 1 is relatively minor or technical changes which generally reverse changes made by the previous government. Stage 2 will look at more comprehensive reforms.
Mangrove forests are an essential part of New Zealand’s coastal ecosystems, so we were alarmed by a bill which aimed to “facilitate the removal of mangrove vegetation”, a blatant bid to license environmental harm.
Forest and Bird
