Mike Joy was recently interviewed on Sentient Seas - a website presenting interviews, podcasts, and essays on a range of topics aimed to inspire the change needed for a better future. The interview discusses some of the ecological situations New Zealand is faced with, the lack of environmental management by councils and the Government, farming options... Continue Reading →
Polluted Inheritance
A new book written by Dr Mike Joy on New Zealand's freshwater crisis has recently been published by BWB Texts. The book highlights the main threats to New Zealand's freshwater ecosystems, how the freshwater crisis came about and how this reality is routinely denied and concealed from the public. Polluted Inheritance is available in paperback... Continue Reading →
Freshwater statement highlights the demise of New Zealand’s freshwater biodiversity
The Society for Conservation Biology in Oceania has released a conservation statement titled: 'The Plight of New Zealand's Freshwater Biodiversity'. The report succinctly outlines the decline of species living in our fresh waters and the reasons for the decline. It reminds us that 74 per cent of our native freshwater fish species are threatened or... Continue Reading →
New PCE reports on water quality released
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 →
Freshwater for life 