Environmental movement in New Zealand
The earliest major environmental issue in
Other major issues have included nuclear energy, preventing native forest logging on
the West Coast and halting the growing of
The environmental movement eventually spawned the Values Party, which was the first political party with a strong focus on environmental issues to contest national elections.
As of 2005 the environmental movement is active in many areas including opposition to new high voltage power pylons, preventing new open cast coal mines and protecting marine ecosystems,
See also
External links
- Greenpages - a database of New Zealand environmental organisations.
References
- ^ Wheen, N. (2002) A history of New Zealand environmental law. pp 261-274, In Environmental histories of New Zealand, edited by Pawson, E. and Brooking,T. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pages 266-269.
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