Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 16, 2019 4:09:04 GMT 12
HOBSON'S PLEDGE WEIGHS IN TO TREE BATTLE
The chair of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority says it’s unfortunate outside groups like Hobson’s Pledge are trying to piggyback on local protests over the removal of trees on Ōwairaka-Mount Albert.
Paul Majurey is rejecting claims the removal of 345 trees, more than 200 of them identified as pest species in the Regional Plan amounted to a massacre of vegetation and birds.
He says the resource consent included full ecological assessments, and the plan to revegetate the city’s volcanic cones has the support of the Tree Council and Forest and Bird.
Attempts to argue the case with neighbours on environmental grounds are not helped by Hobson’s Pledge calling on its supporters to join the protest blockade......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMxMjk/Paakiwaha/Hobson%27s-Pledge-weighs-in-to-tree-battle
The chair of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority says it’s unfortunate outside groups like Hobson’s Pledge are trying to piggyback on local protests over the removal of trees on Ōwairaka-Mount Albert.
Paul Majurey is rejecting claims the removal of 345 trees, more than 200 of them identified as pest species in the Regional Plan amounted to a massacre of vegetation and birds.
He says the resource consent included full ecological assessments, and the plan to revegetate the city’s volcanic cones has the support of the Tree Council and Forest and Bird.
Attempts to argue the case with neighbours on environmental grounds are not helped by Hobson’s Pledge calling on its supporters to join the protest blockade......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMxMjk/Paakiwaha/Hobson%27s-Pledge-weighs-in-to-tree-battle