The National Party is proposing to reduce the already stretched budget of the NZ #DepartmentofConservation by a whopping $46 million.

The chief executives of Forest & Bird, WWF-New Zealand and the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) have just put out a joint press release highlighting how insane this is.

“I can think of no more expedient way to shoot ourselves in the foot,” said Dr Kingdon-Bebb [CEO of WWF-New Zealand]

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2309/S00116/leading-environmental-groups-deeply-concerned-at-proposed-defunding-of-doc.htm

#conservation #nz #NZpol