Two new reports on water quality have just been released by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. One of them is an update from a 2013 report: Water quality in New Zealand: Land use and nutrient pollution, which looked at the relationship between land use and two nutrient pollutants - nitrogen and phosphorus. A clear... Continue Reading →
White gold – dairy production in New Zealand
Here is a video from a presentation Mike Joy made at the Resource Management Law Association Conference in 2013 - "Black and White Gold - Does it all Glitter?". The 2013 RMLA conference was held in New Plymouth. The conference title symbolises the tensions within both the RMA itself, and Central Government’s Business Growth Agenda,... Continue Reading →
The demise of New Zealand’s freshwaters: politics and science
The Charles Fleming Lecturer for 2014 was Dr Mike Joy of Massey University, Palmerston North. Dr Joy was awarded the Charles Fleming Award for Environmental Achievement in 2013. 2014 Charles Fleming Lecture Tour Dr Mike Joy presented the 2014 Charles Fleming Lecture for each of the ten branches of the Royal Society of New Zealand... Continue Reading →
Freshwater for life 