Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 10, 2022 4:36:21 GMT 12
NEW PROPOSALS CALL FOR AN OVERHAUL OF OUR CONSERVATION ESTATE, PLACING PARTNERSHIP WITH TANGATA WHENUA FRONT AND CENTRE.
Some fear this change will weaken environmental protections. Iwi say it will end being excluded from ancestral relationships with the whenua.
The independent Options Development Group report for DoC found that tangata whenua leaders see national parks as "gated areas where we are obstructed from our customary practices, locked out from decision-making and held back from continuing our relationship with sites of deep spiritual or cultural significance"......
www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/conservation-comment-sweeping-changes-proposed-for-national-parks/P2US7LXOEBVFVMVF2CW2U7MN3I/
Some fear this change will weaken environmental protections. Iwi say it will end being excluded from ancestral relationships with the whenua.
The independent Options Development Group report for DoC found that tangata whenua leaders see national parks as "gated areas where we are obstructed from our customary practices, locked out from decision-making and held back from continuing our relationship with sites of deep spiritual or cultural significance"......
www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/conservation-comment-sweeping-changes-proposed-for-national-parks/P2US7LXOEBVFVMVF2CW2U7MN3I/