Ministers need to make decisions now to avoid critical environmental change in the future
Early decisions from ministers are needed on resource management reform, water allocation and climate change to avoid sudden and critical environmental decline, officials have warned the new government.Briefings to the incoming Environment Minister, David Parker, and Climate Change Minister, James Shaw, are light on detail. The paper refers to the challenges faced and say these are the subject of “detailed second tier briefings”, which have not been released.Officials said the natural environment was in ongoing decline. Many factors...
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