Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 17, 2023 5:34:04 GMT 12
NEW TOOLS FOR MARINE PROTECTION URGENTLY NEEDED
The New Zealand Conservation Authority is dismayed that protection of New Zealand’s marine environments is failing, because as a country we do not have mechanisms that are suitable for Aotearoa today.
While marine reserves can be fantastic for biodiversity, they are a blunt tool that many Māori see as imposing Crown ownership of the protected area. They do not fit with a bicultural approach to marine conservation.
Authority Chair, Edward Ellison said: “The New Zealand Conservation Authority supports the urgent development of marine protection tools that are consistent with te ao Māori and the Treaty. These future tools must enable indigenous leadership.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2306/S00135/new-tools-for-marine-protection-urgently-needed.htm
The New Zealand Conservation Authority is dismayed that protection of New Zealand’s marine environments is failing, because as a country we do not have mechanisms that are suitable for Aotearoa today.
While marine reserves can be fantastic for biodiversity, they are a blunt tool that many Māori see as imposing Crown ownership of the protected area. They do not fit with a bicultural approach to marine conservation.
Authority Chair, Edward Ellison said: “The New Zealand Conservation Authority supports the urgent development of marine protection tools that are consistent with te ao Māori and the Treaty. These future tools must enable indigenous leadership.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2306/S00135/new-tools-for-marine-protection-urgently-needed.htm