Given the importance of wetlands to biodiversity, recreation, ecosystem services, etc. and the fact that < 10% of wetlands that existed 150 years ago
remain today, we could suggest that the government should call a moratorium on the conversion of wetlands in New Zealand.
I'm not sure if the NPS is the right place to signal this, but it would seem to me that "no further wetland conversion" should be central
government policy.
- we would need to provide a definition of "wetland" and decide on if/how mitigation (the creation of Wetland X to mitigate the destruction
of Wetland Y) might be acceptable.
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A moratorium on wetland conversion in the NPS?
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I totally agree!
I also think specifically outlining goals whenever possible (ie when they are appropriate to all regions) is a good idea. It means whoever makes use of the guidelines can easily point to a reference and say "look we need to do this." And people won't spend most of their time arguing about what "this" is, or have the option of sidestepping vaguely defined goals. Some other ones would be fencing off waterways, and limiting fertiliser application to a threshold that the land can actually absorb. |
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