Press Release – Science Media Centre A tax on NZ tourists leaving the country, and tougher rules for car rental agencies, are two things the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has suggested could make tourism more sustainable. Other recommendations include requiring new tourism …
A tax on NZ tourists leaving the country, and tougher rules for car rental agencies, are two things the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has suggested could make tourism more sustainable.
Other recommendations include requiring new tourism infrastructure to meet environmental criteria before it gets funding, and strengthening tools the Department of Conservation can use to address the loss of wildness and natural quiet across our natural attractions.
Vaccinators are expected to be the first people in New Zealand to get the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 jab today. Border and MIQ workers and their families will start getting vaccinations tomorrow, with the government planning to immunise thousands by mid-March .
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LERA is a professional association that brings together local, national and international academics and practitioners who are interested in all aspects of labor and employment relations. Members share ideas and learn about new developments, issues and practices in the field. LERA’s membership includes university faculty in labor and employment relations, sociology, human resource management, history, economics, law and public policy as well as practitioners from unions, management, government, law, mediation and arbitration.
A long-time LERA member, Clark has served in leadership positions at the local and national levels. He was president of the Western Pennsylvania and Nittany local chapters and served two terms as chair of National LERA’s Council of Deans and Directors and two terms on the National Executive Board and as chair of the National Awards Committee.
The spokeswoman said there would be some exceptions, particularly for courses requiring professional accreditation. Students in such classes would be informed as soon as possible what their mode of examination would be, she said.
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Orientation for AUT’s City Campus will be re-scheduled to take place later next week if Auckland drops to level 1. Due to Auckland’s alert level 2 and the restrictions on public gatherings, the spokeswoman said orientation activities planned for next week had been moved online. On-campus events such as pōwhiri, tours and meet-ups would be held when students return to campus. Although libraries and study spaces were open under alert level 2, physical distancing requirements were in place.
Feb 16, 2021
The Columbia River basin will see an increase in flooding over the next 50 years as a result of climate change, new modeling from Oregon State University indicates.
The magnitude of flooding – the term used to describe flooding severity - is expected to increase throughout the basin, which includes the Columbia, Willamette and Snake rivers and hundreds of tributaries. In some areas, the flooding season will expand, as well.
“The flood you’re used to seeing out your window once every 10 years will likely be larger than it has been in the past,” said the study’s lead author, Laura Queen, a research assistant at OSU’s Oregon Climate Change Research Institute.