Displaying items by tag: SIMON UPTON

OPINION: Some purists just seem to want to block any progress in NZ, oblivious to the social costs of preventing the country from turning a buck.

For too long the issue of land-use change has been relegated to the 'too-hard' basket and it's now time to confront some of the difficult questions regarding this.

Forest owners welcome the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s acknowledgement that the presence of wilding conifers across New Zealand is largely a legacy issue.

A warning for people who say all NZ has to do is argue that it is not causing any more global warming than it currently does: That argument won’t cut it with the rest of the world, according to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton.

New Zealand cannot plant its way out of our greenhouse gas problems.

OPINION: The infallibility of Overseer – the tool farmers have been required to use to measure nutrient loss – has come crashing down following a report by a special science advisory panel.

The future of Overseer as a legal tool to regulate nutrient loss from farms is up in the air following the release of a report by a science advisory panel.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, has repeated his call for a full independent review of Overseer before any widespread adoption of it as a regulatory tool.

On emissions targets, dairy farmers are promoting the lower numbers put out last year by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton.

The latest report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton makes interesting reading for the agricultural sector and its constant critics.