Mandatory farm plans scorned as 'tick box' exercises

Mandatory farm plans scorned as 'tick box' exercises
Paul McBeth
Lobbyists spanning public health, environmental, infrastructure and recreation groups oppose plans to introduce mandatory freshwater plans for farms, saying clear and explicit rules are a better way to manage high-polluting activities. The Public Health Association, Forest & Bird, Fish & Game, Environmental Defence Society, Recreation Aotearoa, Greenpeace, Water New Zealand, Whitewater NZ and Choose Clean Water pooled their efforts to respond to government proposals on improving the nation's freshwater quality.They came up with fou...

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