FindLaw New Zealand : Property & Resources Law : Natural Resources

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Practical Articles

• Climate Change Response Bill
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: June, 2002
• Aquaculture Moratorium: Stemming the Goldrush or Killing the Goose?
  Firm: Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young
  Date: April, 2002
• Discharges - potential council liability for negligent investigation/unnecessary remedial work?
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: March, 2002
• Waste, What Waste? A Question of Liability
  Firm: Clendon Feeney
  Date: March, 2002
• Natural Products & Patents - What is the Fuss About?
  Firm: Baldwin Shelston Waters
  Date: October, 2001
• Bio-prospecting - The Implications For New Zealand
  Firm: Simpson Grierson
  Date: August, 2001
• Radiation From Power Lines
  Firm: Wynn Williams & Co
  Date: July, 2001
• The Resource Management Act 1991 - Friend Or Foe?
  Firm: Gascoigne Wicks
  Date: July, 2001
• Becoming Involved In The Resource Management Process
  Firm: Wynn Williams & Co
  Date: June, 2001

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Links & Resources

• Crown Minerals - Providing and promoting investment opportunities in the exploration and development of New Zealand's oil, gas, mineral and coal resources.
• Department of Conservation - The government agency responsible for conservation in New Zealand.
• ESR - Institute of Environmental Science & Research Ltd - New Zealand's leading forensic, public health and environmental science provider
• Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ New Zealand - New Zealand?s network of groups which share a concern for the environment
• Environmental Business Network of New Zealand - The EBN consists of regionally based business support and information sharing networks concerning the environment.
• Environmental Risk Management Authority - A quasi-judicial body with up to eight members appointed by the Minister for the Environment
• Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited - A New Zealand Crown Research Institute offering independent scientific and technical advice
• Land Information New Zealand - Core Government land and seabed information
• Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited - Gathers, analyses and provides weather information
• Ministry for the Environment - Reports on the state of the New Zealand environment, the way that environmental laws and policies work in practice and on action necessary to improve environmental management.
• Ministry for the Environment - Environment Update - A free newsletter which provides information on the development of environmental policy, Ministry activities and new publications
• Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries - MAF creates opportunity for, and manages risk to, New Zealand's food, fibre, forestry and associated industries.
• National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research - A New Zealand Crown Research Institute providing a scientific basis for the sustainable management of New Zealand's atmospheric, marine and freshwater systems and associated resources.
• New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law - A specialist centre hosted by the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, created to build on the Faculty of Law's expertise in the area of environmental law and resource management law.
• New Zealand Ecological Society - Promotes the study of ecology and the application of ecological knowledge
• New Zealand Government Online - Provides an overview of New Zealand and its government, access to government services information, as well as government agency contact details.
• New Zealand Landcare Trust - Landcare Research, an independent Crown Research Institute, focusing on management of land resources for conservation and for primary production
• New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Ltd - An independent research and development company set up under the Crown Research Institutes (CRI) Act
• Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment - Officer of Parliament who reviews and provides advice on the management, allocation, use and protection of natural and physical resources
• Resource Management Law Association - A forum for professionals and others with an interest in resource management and the environment
• Water Magazine - Web site containing water policy advice and ideas