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Research Outline
Prepared for Millie | Delivered February 2, 2020
New Zealand Parties Enviromental Stance
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Goals
To provide an overview of the stance of each of the minor political parties in New Zealand in regards to the environment, including any specific information on their efforts to plant or protect trees.
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Early Findings
ACT New Zealand
The ACT
New Zealand party's stance
is that environmental policies should not be detrimental to the country's economic competitivity.
The party wants to tie its
carbon price
to the price paid by the country's top 5 trading partners.
It stands against the government's
Zero Carbon Act,
with the argument that it will detriorate the economy.
The party does not mention anything about
trees.
The Green Party
Unsurprisingly, the Green Party of New Zealand has many environmental proposals.
Their general stance is that nature should be protected and is the
basis of all life.
The party is willing to fund the protection of nature and reduce pollution, as well as focus on
conservation efforts.
In terms of tree planting and conservation
, Eugenie Sage
, Minister of Conservation and member of the Green Party, has awarded grants from the Department of Conservation's Community Fund to various community projects, including a
$15,000 gran
t to fund the planting of native Chatham Island trees in six hectares of its North Coast.
Another policy proposed by the party is to provide a payment for people
who plant trees.
The party commits itself to supporting the planting of
1.2 billion trees
over 1.1 million hectares that are threatened by erosion, and invest $40 million to regenerate native forests.
The Green Party wants to incentivize permanent and
plantation forestry.
They have planned to announce new policies before the
2020 elections.
Sustainable New Zealand
The mission of the party is to provide support for sustainable and prosperous communities, and its vision is to a green and clean
New Zealand.
The party has a strong and comprehensive
conservation policy
.
It wants to increase the conservation funding from 0.5% of the total budget
to 1% by 2025.
Sustainable New Zealand is pushing for the government to commit $1 billion to invest in
conservation efforts.
It proposes to deal with reducing emission by
encouraging forestry.
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