Beyond DOC job cuts: ‘The worst is yet to come’
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:05 pm
The Department of Conservation faces a triple whammy – losing staff, losing budget, and enduring a time of increasing costs.
“The worst is yet to come,” predicts Gary Taylor of the Environmental Defence Society. “There’s going to be more, and more serious and far-reaching, disruption coming for DOC over the next little while.”
Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones (of NZ First) has talked about selling conservation stewardship land - that's land transferred to DOC in 1987 but which hasn’t been fully assessed for conservation values.
How much stewardship land might go? “Probably all of it,” Gary Taylor says.
Link to full article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/16/beyon ... GGZ2zR8GmN
“The worst is yet to come,” predicts Gary Taylor of the Environmental Defence Society. “There’s going to be more, and more serious and far-reaching, disruption coming for DOC over the next little while.”
Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones (of NZ First) has talked about selling conservation stewardship land - that's land transferred to DOC in 1987 but which hasn’t been fully assessed for conservation values.
How much stewardship land might go? “Probably all of it,” Gary Taylor says.
Link to full article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/16/beyon ... GGZ2zR8GmN