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In the News (Tue 15 Dec 09)

  
  Bambooweb: Environmental movement
Environmental movement is a term often used for any social or political movement directed towards the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of the natural environment.
Most environmental movements have similar value systems and moral codes, and cite common heroes and moral examples in their myths, although they often diverge in details such as emphasis, priorities, means of action, and specific goals.
The harshest critic of the environmental movement in the 20th century was probably Ayn Rand, who considered it to be the opponent of human morality, creativity and industry.
www.bambooweb.com /articles/e/n/Environmental_movement.html   (926 words)

  
  Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Zealand declared nuclear free by Labour Government.
New Zealand Department of Conservation publishes "Karst Management Guidelines" to assist with cave and karst protection.
New Zealand Waste Strategy released by the Ministry for the Environment.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timeline_of_environmental_history_of_New_Zealand   (1450 words)

  
 Environmental movement
Environmental movement is a term often used for any social or political movement directed towards the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of the natural environment.
Most environmental movements have similar value systems and moral codes, and cite common heroes and moral examples in their myths, although they often diverge in details such as emphasis, priorities, means of action, and specific goals.
The harshest critic of the environmental movement in the 20th century was probably Ayn Rand, who considered it to be the opponent of human morality, creativity and industry.
www.knowledgefun.com /book/e/en/environmental_movement.html   (941 words)

  
 New Zealand - A Budget Holiday for the independent traveler: home page
The Southern Alps of New Zealand are not as high nor as extensive as British Columbia's Coast Range and Rockies.
It is famous as the location which essentially began the New Zealand environmental movement.
The Crown Range road between Queenstown and Wanaka is New Zealand's highest elevation highway and a good alternative to the main highways (#6 or 8).
members.shaw.ca /travel2/tdsouth.htm   (5375 words)

  
 Commanding Heights : New Zealand Overview | on PBS
Britain retains great influence on government, education, and culture, and is the primary market for New Zealand's tightly regulated "protein exports" of meat, cheese, and butter.
New Zealand is a founding member of the United Nations.
New Zealand expands its international contacts in Southeast Asia and enters a limited free-trade agreement with Australia.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/nz/nz_overview.html   (1250 words)

  
 Conservation, Preservation and Environmental Activism: A Survey of the Historical Literature
The modern environmental movement, which became a powerful force in the 1960s, built on the earlier efforts to conserve natural resources, preserve wilderness, and control pollution.
Though one source of the environmental movement was a new appreciation of nature, another was a growing anxiety about the fruits of modern science and technology.
The historical studies of the environmental movement all make clear that the 1960s was a critical period, yet the relationship of environmentalism to the political and cultural developments of that decade has received little attention.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/hisnps/NPSThinking/nps-oah.htm   (3835 words)

  
 Table 3: Russian exports and imports of paper and board in 2000-2001 (million US$)
New Zealand's National Initiative - which is based on four chambers covering social, environmental, economic and Maori (New Zealand's indigenous people) stakeholders - is seeking to develop standards that are compatible with FSC Principles and Criteria.
New Zealand has an interest in the minimization of the international barriers to trade posed by prescriptive building codes and product testing standards which discriminate against wood product trade and use, particularly in structural applications.
The New Zealand forest industry needs to be fully recognized as an important part of New Zealand's climate change solution because it is based on sustainably managed forests that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and are therefore carbon sinks.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/Y3909E/Y3909e24.htm   (3108 words)

  
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This is the first time the Green Party has won seats in Parliament on their own ticket, and has given the environmental movement in New Zealand a national level political voice and an ability, because they hold the balance of power, to significantly influence New Zealand's national and international stance on environmental issues.
The New Zealand forest industry is working internationally with the International Forum of Forest and Paper Associations on communicating problems for the forest industry associated with the Kyoto Protocol.
The New Zealand forest industry is currently responsible for emitting 280 000 tonnes of carbon per annum - though it is also responsible for managing forests that act as forest sinks.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/Y1720E/Y1720E19.HTM   (2532 words)

  
 Country Profile - New Zealand
New Zealand's position is based upon the principles endorsed by the international community at UNCED and enshrined in relevant trade agreements.
New Zealand's tax system is such that the costs incurred by a forestry business in planting, tending and maintaining a crop of trees are fully deductible from income of any source in the same year costs are incurred.
New Zealand is an island nation and the majority of its population live on or very close to the coast.
www.un.org /esa/earthsummit/newze-cp.htm   (12904 words)

  
 New Zealand Natural History : New Zealand Geology, New Zealand Wildlife, New Zealand Birds
New snow compresses the air out of old snow to form firn, which in turn is compressed further into blue ice.
New Zealand has 3153 glaciers, except for 18 on Mt Ruapehu, all are scattered over the Southern Alps, comprising some 116 sq km of ice.
New Zealand fur seal is only found in New Zealand waters and off the south coast of Australia.
www.hikingnewzealand.com /new-zealand-natural-history.htm   (13751 words)

  
 Untitled Document
New Zealand National Parks and Conservation Foundation: an independent charitable trust established in 2000 to encourage the private sector to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of New Zealand's unique heritage.
New Zealand Native Forests Restoration Trust: dedicated to restoring degraded or destroyed indigenous habitats and plant communities.
New Zealand Plant Conservation Network: established to prevent the loss of threatened native plant species and communities.
www.openspace.org.nz /related_other.htm   (441 words)

  
 Island Vulnerability, New Zealand
New Zealand's fascinating, beautiful, and dynamic physical geography produces an ideal setting for investigating and understanding how humanity's decisions and behaviour create disasters from normal environmental phenomena such as earthquakes, rivers overflowing, volcanic activity, rainfall, and fog.
Aside from New Zealand's history of involvement in Pacific island affairs, two island countries, the Cook Islands and Niue, are self-governing territories in free association with New Zealand, while Tokelau is a self-administering territory moving towards self-governance in free association with New Zealand.
New Zealand contributes extensively to programmes for managing risks on Pacific islands, not only through emergency relief aid and peace-keeping, but also in terms of vulnerability reduction programmes, long-term development, and education.
www.islandvulnerability.org /nzaotearoa.html   (3724 words)

  
 Environmental History Timeline
Until recently, there was little historical perspective about environmental history even though environmental issues had become an important part of the global social fabric.
Movement suffers when leaders die and new leaders with secret ties to the oil industry take over.
New York : Free Press (Borkin was the deputy attorney general under Thurmond Arnold in charge of prosecuting the oil and chemical companies for treasonous connections to the Nazis at the opening of WWII.
www.radford.edu /~wkovarik/envhist   (3615 words)

  
 Secrets and Lies: How Shandwick PR Tried to Destroy the Rainforests of New Zealand | Center for Media and Democracy
In New Zealand, the publication of Secrets and Lies sparked protests by New Zealand citizens who were angry at the extent of Shandwick's PR manipulations.
The modern environmental movement in New Zealand grew out of a 1970s campaign to stop this destruction of the country's natural resources.
A large majority of New Zealanders believed that logging should be stopped in public native forests, and environmental groups believed that sooner or later public pressure would end the logging entirely.
www.prwatch.org /prwissues/2000Q1/secrets.html   (2426 words)

  
 User:Alan Liefting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This user supports changing the Flag of New Zealand.
Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand edit
Marine reserves of New Zealand, Marine Parks of New Zealand
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User:Alan_Liefting   (235 words)

  
 ISIL New Zealand Conference
This move resulted in the New Zealand economy rebounding from near-collapse to the point where it is now rated by the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World Index as #2 in the world.
He worked for the New Zealand Forest Service, on North Sea oil rigs, and drove a truck for his father's company, so he is no ivory-tower intellectual – having gotten his hands dirty with real work – and experienced first-hand the deadening hand of government regulation.
Since New Zealand at this time had adopted a new election system that made it much easier for new parties to enter parliament, ACT was transformed into a new political party.
www.isil.org /resources/fnn/2004fall/nz-conference.html   (6150 words)

  
 OutdoorsBest Forums: Environmental disaster looming for New Zealand rivers
Biosecurity New Zealand chief technical officer Peter Thomson said that while the negative results from the 110 tested sites were great news, cleaning precautions were still necessary for people using equipment in more than one river, and would remain that way for the foreseeable future.
It is the personal responsibility of every New Zealander using freshwaters to take the appropriate precautions after using any river or lake to avoid spreading Didymo.
Biosecurity New Zealand is awaiting a report from the organisers of the jetboat marathon in Southland on the measures jet boaters propose to take to minimise the risk of spreading Didymo and will comment on it once it has been received and assessed.
outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com /zerothread?id=398117   (2988 words)

  
 PCE 20th anniversary [Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment]
He has moved beyond a plain institutional history to look at the changing character of New Zealand's environmental movement, and at how central and local government have dealt with sustainability concerns.
Contributor Dana Petersen ends with these words: "We in New Zealand are a small and connected enough community to be leaders for incredible things, if we can find common ground and work together."
For the past 15 years, he has operated as an independent researcher and writer in the field of history and environment, mostly in Treaty work, television documentaries, museum display development, and for central and regional government.
www.pce.govt.nz /anniversary/history.shtml   (311 words)

  
 United States General Environmental History Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A New Face on the Countryside: Indians, Colonists, and Slaves in the South Atlantic Forests, 1500-1800.
The Fading of the Greens: The Decline of Environmental Politics in the West.
An Environmental Proposal for Ethics: The Principle of Integrity.
www.cnr.berkeley.edu /departments/espm/env-hist/united_s.html   (3309 words)

  
 The Earth Charter & the Ark of the Gaia Covenant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The New Age believers hold that the earth is a sentient super-being, kind of goddess, deserving of worship and, some say, human sacrifice.
The New World Religion, that the Cathedral of St. John the Divine displays "a female Christ on the cross, complete with shapely hips and full breasts." Also in the same issue of The New American there is a list of donors to the Cathedral: Mr.
It's clear that the global transformationalists are promoting the Earth Charter as the "new scripture." At the presentation of the Ark, and its "new gospel" contents, we can expect that it will be endorsed by the U.N. The halls of the United Nations has long been a haven for New Age one-world religion spirituality.
www.conspiracyarchive.com /NWO/Earth_Charter_Ark.htm   (2983 words)

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