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ECONewZealand

  1. Finance Minister forgets about climate change and oil spills in desire to add to unsustainable economic activity... fb.me/1ZMhocAeI
  2. Counties doing little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "The planet is heading to a temperature rise of at... fb.me/1GRyptphi
  3. Yes the Resource Management Act should prevent activities that advance global warming and so should the EEZ and... fb.me/uYOOk475
  4. Rena Captain get seven months and prosecution of the owners moves ahead. The savage still continues. fb.me/GBWOllex
  5. Latest report on the problems with cleanup of the Mapua toxic chemical sites has many lessons but it is essential... fb.me/20DwMt0uB
  6. It not just fruit fly you have to worry about when its comes to NZ biodiversity. Trouble is there is still is... fb.me/1TZNqW00T
  7. Proposals to make mining bulk sampling a permitted activity in NZ oceans. Written with help of the mining... fb.me/1aMx7PTVD
  8. Protecting Antarctic waters - Antarctic Oceans Alliance proposals to protect 40 percent of the Southern Ocean.... fb.me/1CB3Isj2T
  9. Groundwater extraction is adding to sea level rise and its not a trivial matter. Review of the issues and effects... fb.me/HGsFoK5A
  10. Positive move to ban foreign flagged fishing boats in NZ waters over labour, safety and fisheries concerns but it... fb.me/1FqdEPyV9
  11. Consistent under-reporting of sea lion bycatch. There has always been a large difference between Ministry... fb.me/1IL34PzWQ
  12. Antarctic Oceans Alliance launch new report on circumpolar marine protection. More information on the important... fb.me/1Yncy0XIY
  13. Meridian finally sees sense and pulls the plug on the Mokihinui hydro dam. Great news for rivers and forests on... fb.me/1r1LYfBZ4
  14. International Day for Biological Diversity tomorrow (22 May) - theme is marine biodiversity. One Ocean - Many... fb.me/12anhZZES
  15. Second report of the Land and Water Forum can be found on the LAWF website. Many recommendations but more work... fb.me/13tImaJOy
  16. Plenty less fish in the sea - "pictures show how the ocean is dying". These pictures could be applied to areas... fb.me/ZZi8icEC
  17. Climate Action Network ECOs on the current Bonn climate negotiations - one issue a day. fb.me/27GFYBEwi
  18. Great to see the NZ inventory of biodiversity - congrats to Dennis Gordon and colleagues for seeing this through. fb.me/13tOCpcD8
  19. Last 60 years in Australasia is the hottest in a millenium - an unnatural temperature spike that lines up with... fb.me/115T3yszS
  20. World Environment Day - 5 June - can we create "happiness for all" while preserving the planet - life beyond... fb.me/20JKlm1I5