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This comes after an independent report they commissioned found in the past four years nearly 140,000 hectares of land has been earmarked for forestry.
It is predominantly sheep and beef farms that will be taken out of production.
Wairarapa-based BakerAg reviewed land use change data, analysed farm sales and looked at Overseas Investment Office Intentions.
It found significant increases in the amount of farmland sold into forestry, driven largely by an increase in the carbon price.
The report couldn t outline exactly how much of the pastoral land sold into forestry was intended for carbon farming, but it estimated about 26,000 hectares of the land went to carbon-only entities.
Source:Â Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on Environment Canterbury to be upfront about health risks of nitrate contamination, following ECanâs release of new data that shows nitrate contamination in drinking water is rising.
ECan has released the results of its annual groundwater quality survey for 2020. 322 wells were tested, with the highest nitrate reading of 22mg/L being almost double the current health limit for drinking water (11.3mg/L).
Greenpeace says ECanâs data is consistent with Greenpeaceâs own results from free nitrate water testing days across Canterbury, with both datasets showing concerningly high and worsening levels of nitrate.
Greenpeace senior campaigner Steve Abel says ECanâs comments on the data do not tell the whole story about the risks of nitrate contamination.
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 9:04 am
Greenpeace is calling on Environment Canterbury to be
upfront about health risks of nitrate contamination,
following ECan’s release of new data that shows nitrate
contamination in drinking water is rising.
ECan
has released the results of its annual groundwater
quality survey for 2020. 322 wells were tested, with the
highest nitrate reading of 22mg/L being almost double the
current health limit for drinking water
(11.3mg/L).
Greenpeace says ECan’s data is
consistent with Greenpeace’s own results from free nitrate
water testing days across Canterbury, with both datasets
showing concerningly high and worsening levels of
nitrate.
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WELLINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) The eight-week pause in the travel bubble with Australia is having an immediate impact on New Zealand s hospitality and accommodation bookings.
Hospitality New Zealand Chief Executive Julie White said the suspension s impacts on the hospitality and accommodation sectors are being felt immediately, local media reported on Friday. Hospitality operators first priority is the safety of their people, community and whanau (family). Balancing the health risk and economic impacts comes at a cost to the hospitality and accommodation industry, said White.
Quarantine free travel from all Australian states and territories to New Zealand is being suspended as the COVID-19 situation in Australia worsens.