Fridays for Future Te Upoko o Te Ika supported the People over Profit march earlier this month.
Read Julian’s report on the day, on the EcoKiwi Magazine Pōneke on Substack. It’s got heaps of photos!
Make a submission against mud farming and for freshwater protection
The government is proposing a suite of changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA), this time to repeal all regulations on mud farming and other essential freshwater protections.
The Bill risks facilitating the expansion of mud farming with fewer checks and balances – meaning we could see more animals living and giving birth in mud.
Removing these protections also threatens to exacerbate freshwater pollution, exposing more Kiwis to contaminated drinking water and endangering species that depend on freshwater habitats.
If you want to make a submission opposing this Bill, you must do it before 11:59PM on 30 June.
Greenpeace is running an online submission party.
Submission guides:
Tell the Minister of Conservation we should protect all native species
Conservation Minister Tama Potaka recently said that it’s more cost-effective to let some species go extinct.
Read the Newsroom article about it.
But if you believe the job of the minister and DoC is to protect nature, and preserve threatened plant and animal species, why not tell them? After all, they work for you.
Tama.Potaka@parliament.govt.nz or
info@doc.govt.nz Subject: Attn: Penny Nelson