Knowledge Centre : Aotearoa New Zealand : Environment
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- 2006 Environmental Performance Index
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By identifying specific targets for environmental performance and measuring how close each country comes to these established goals, the Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) provides benchmarks for current national pollution control and natural resource management results. The issue-by-issue and aggregate rankings facilitate cross-country comparisons both globally and within relevant peer groups. The EPI thus provides a powerful tool for improving policymaking and shifting environmental decisionmaking onto firmer analytic foundations.
(Added: Thu Feb 02 2006 Hits: 323)
- Anew NZ
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Anew NZ is an independent, non-partisan network of motivated and concerned New Zealanders seeking a sustainable future.
(Added: Wed Oct 11 2006 Hits: 194)
- Be The Change
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A campaign by Oxfam, Greenpeace and Forest and Bird to raise awareness about the impacts of climate change in Aotearoa NZ and what we can do about it. www.bethechange.org.nz
http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/BeTheChangeHRfactsheet-1.pdf
(Added: Fri Nov 02 2007 Hits: 92)
- Clean Energy Guide
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Choose the cleanest energy supplier, and take action to encourage the use of renewable energy.
http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/ceg/
(Added: Thu Jun 08 2006 Modified: Tue Jun 20 2006 Hits: 473)
- Climate Change: MFAT Post 2012 Negotiations Stakeholder Session
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Presentations from half-day workshop on Climate Change hosted but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 16 August 2007 (MFAT, 2007).
(Added: Mon Oct 15 2007 Modified: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 89)
- Climate Defence Network
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Climate Defence Network is a coalition of medical, environment, resource management, recreational, engineering and transport groups working in New Zealand on climate change issues. CDN is a strong supporter of the Kyoto Protocol and of New Zealand adopting policies which will ensure that it meets, and exceeds, its current Kyoto Protocol commitments.
http://www.climatedefence.org.nz
(Added: Thu Sep 21 2006 Modified: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 191)
- Climate Science
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There is a broad scientific consensus that humanity is in large part responsible for temperature changes, and that choices we make today will decide the climate of the future. This Greenpeace site explains climate change from an Aotearoa New Zealand standing point.
http://www.climatescience.co.nz/
(Added: Thu Jun 08 2006 Modified: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 189)
- Eco Annual Conference
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The annual ECO Conference is a great opportunity for people from New Zealand's environment and conservation groups to gather to share ideas, discuss key environmental issues, learn valuable skills and be energized and inspired. Visit the website for details on this year's conference.
http://www.eco.org.nz/conference.asp
(Added: Mon May 29 2006 Hits: 293)
- Green Map
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Green Map System energizes a diverse global movement of local mapmaking teams charting their community's natural, cultural and green living resources with our award-winning universal icons and adaptable multi-lingual resources. Includes maps of Hamilton and Wellington.
(Added: Tue Jan 15 2008 Modified: Thu Jan 24 2008 Hits: 189)
- Green Office
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On this website, aimed at New Zealanders, you can access a step-by-step guide on how to green your workplace, and access the Green Pages for places that can assist you in implementing changes.
http://www.greenoffice.org.nz/
(Added: Fri Sep 08 2006 Modified: Fri Dec 21 2007 Hits: 421)
- Greenpeace's updated Clean Energy Guide
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Greenpeace has released an updated version of it's Clean Energy Guide, which ranks New Zealand's electricity companies on their contribution to climate change, both now and in the future. The updated guide encourages New Zealand consumers to switch to a cleaner electricity supplier. Switching to a cleaner electricity supplier is easy. You can make the switch simply by ringing your current power company and telling them you want to change, or online at http://www.cleanenergyguide.org.nz. The guide ranks each company that feeds into the national grid according to its current supply and future commitment to clean, renewable energy. This edition also takes into account each company's energy efficiency programmes and whether they encourage households to generate their own renewable electricity. Our last guide helped many New Zealanders switch to cleaner electricity, and helped stop Mighty River Power's Marsden B coal-fired power station.
http://www.cleanenergyguide.org.nz
(Added: Fri Jul 20 2007 Modified: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 120)
- Hot Topic: Global Warming and the Future of New Zealand
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Using the latest evidence from the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report, Gareth Renowden puts climate change into the Aotearoa NZ context. He examines the science of climate change in Aotearoa NZ and our options for adaptation and mitigation (Gareth Renowden, August 2007).
(Added: Fri Oct 12 2007 Modified: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 76)
- International Global Change Institute
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The (IGCI) International Global Change Institute's goal is to integrate knowledge on the natural and human dimensions of global environmental change for use in policy development and decision-making. It is a self-funding unit within the University of Waikato (Hamilton, New Zealand).
http://www.climsystems.com/site/home/
(Added: Fri Dec 09 2005 Modified: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 238)
- Kaitiakitanga Program and Network
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A program initiated by the community at Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi to grow a future for their grandchildrens; rooted in the rich concept of Kaitiakitanga. Also a network embracing other Maori local community initiatives around Aotearoa. A wide range of web resources from around the planet are provided for research.
(Added: Thu May 19 2005 Modified: Fri Jan 19 2007 Hits: 241)
- Kotahi Ao Film Project
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"Kotahi Ao" is an innovative feature-length documentary that will inspire people to recreate their natural and social environments. From diverse cultural perspectives it will explain the reasons behind today's global ecological and social problems. The film will be produced by a team of environmentalists and independent filmmakers using exclusive footage shot on five continents as well as material provided by international groups. The ideas and stories from communities and individuals who are putting practical solutions into action will provide encouragement for others to turn their visions into reality.
(Added: Thu Sep 11 2003 Modified: Tue Jan 30 2007 Hits: 416)
- Maanaki Whenua/Landcare Research: Aotearoa New Zealand
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Landcare Research is an independent Crown Research Institute that focuses on management of land resources for conservation and for primary production. Landcare Research is taking science off its traditional pedestal to make it work for New Zealand, and to make it understandable and accessible to people. Staff are all committed to working in partnership with clients, public and private stakeholders, interest groups and other science organisations.
(Added: Fri Mar 01 2002 Modified: Tue Aug 23 2005 Hits: 322)
- Ministry for the Environment- Manatu Mo Te Taiao
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The New Zealand Ministry for the Environment is charged with developing New Zealand's policies on climate change.
(Added: Fri Oct 12 2007 Modified: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 85)
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
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NIWA's mission is to provide a scientific basis for the sustainable management and development of New Zealand's atmospheric, marine and freshwater systems and associated resources. Established in 1992 as one of nine New Zealand Crown Research Institutes (CRIs), NIWA operates as a stand-alone company with its own board of directors and its shares held by the Crown.
(Added: Fri Oct 12 2007 Modified: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 68)
- New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics (NZCEE)
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The New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics conducts research that explores the links between the environment, economy and people. They explore ways the quality of the New Zealand environment can be maintained and enhanced while still allowing the economy and people of New Zealand to prosper.
http://www.nzcee.org.nz/default.asp
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- New Zealand Climate Change Programme
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This is your gateway into the work of the New Zealand Climate Change Programme, an interdepartmental team involving 10 Government departments and one Crown agency. How New Zealand should respond to the global challenge of climate change is the key objective of this team.
http://www.climatechange.govt.nz
(Added: Tue Apr 30 2002 Modified: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 412)
- New Zealand Energy Revolution: How to prevent climate chaos
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A report by Greenpeace examining how New Zealand can restructure its energy system to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the worst effects of climate change (Greenpeace, 26 February, 2007).
http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/new-zealand/press/reports/nz-energy-revolution-report.pdf
(Added: Fri Oct 12 2007 Modified: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 56)
- Pacific Ecologist
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Pacific Ecologist is published by the Pacific Institute of Resource Management (PIRM). PIRM is concerned about the deterioration of global ecosystems, the rapid depletion of natural resources and degradation of the environment, examples being climate change, loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, pollution of water systems and natural habitats. Our objectives are to advocate respect for natural processes; conservation of physical resources and integrity of all life forms. We contribute to the establishment of New Zealand as a strong, independent authority promoting a world conservation strategy. PIRM works for the improvement of human communities worldwide living in harmony with the natural world.
(Added: Thu Mar 28 2002 Modified: Wed Jan 31 2007 Hits: 328)
- Quality Planning: The RMA Planning Resource
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This website provides a fast, one-stop shop for people who work with the Resource Management Act in Aotearoa New Zealand.
http://www.qualityplanning.org.nz/
(Added: Fri Aug 19 2005 Modified: Tue Aug 29 2006 Hits: 244)
- RMAlink
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This site will assist communities, tangata whenua, citizen groups and individuals - anyone with a public interest in conservation and the environment. The RMAlink project aims to make community participation in all Resource Management Act processes more straightforward and less time-consuming. More effective participation from those with a concern for the environment will contribute towards improving environmental outcomes nationwide. RMALink is brought to you by ECO, The Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand (Inc.) with assistance from the Ministry for the Environment's RMA Education and Advisory Fund.
(Added: Wed Aug 04 2004 Modified: Tue Aug 29 2006 Hits: 288)
- Sustainability Discussion Forum
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You are invited to contribute to a web-based discussion forum on sustainable development launched by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on 17 November. The contributions will help shape a major PCE report due for publication in mid 2007. Sustainability Review 2007 has two goals: * to evaluate New Zealand's progress on sustainability since 2002 (the date of the last PCE review), and * to explore opportunities for advancing environmental sustainability.
http://www.pce.govt.nz/forums/index.php
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