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Minita mō Te Papa Atawhai
Jobs
for Nature funding is being made available to conservation
groups and landowners to employ staff and contractors in a
move aimed at boosting local biodiversity-focused projects,
Conservation Minister Kiritapu Allan has announced.
It
is estimated some 400-plus jobs will be created with
employment opportunities in ecology, restoration, trapping,
pest control, fencing and project management through a $34
million funding boost.
An $18 million dedicated
Private Land Biodiversity Fund will be available to
established organisations that support groups of private
landowners to work together to protect and restore rare
habitats that safeguard populations of native species on
Press Release – New Zealand Government
Jobs for Nature funding is being made available to conservation groups and landowners to employ staff and contractors in a move aimed at boosting local biodiversity-focused projects, Conservation Minister Kiritapu Allan has announced.
Hon Kiri Allan
Minita mō Te Papa Atawhai
Jobs for Nature funding is being made available to conservation groups and landowners to employ staff and contractors in a move aimed at boosting local biodiversity-focused projects, Conservation Minister Kiritapu Allan has announced.
It is estimated some 400-plus jobs will be created with employment opportunities in ecology, restoration, trapping, pest control, fencing and project management through a $34 million funding boost.
An avalanche of RMA reform – are we ready and what will it mean for infrastructure?
After years of repeated demands for the RMA to be dumped and blamed for a myriad of major issues (from water quality to the housing crisis), the RMA s demise seems imminent.
While this article is focused on infrastructure, and the path ahead, it is critical for all New Zealanders that the policy settings of the RMA replacement legislation, and its subordinate policies are properly set. Failure to do so will be felt for generations to come. There is a significant and pressing need for major infrastructure upgrades across New Zealand. We have invested far too little over the last 30+ years. Much of our infrastructure is creaking; at or over capacity; at the end of its design life; and/or failing to provide sustainable environmental, social, cultural and economic outcomes. Significantly adding to these problems is the effect of climate change on existing infrastructure, and the need for new infrastru