Going with the grain: Changing land uses to fit a changing landscape says problems around land use change have been put in the “too-hard basket” for too long. The Commissioner makes several recommendations, such as progressively removing forestry from the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme, taking a catchment-focussed approach to managing the environment (instead of one-size-fits-all regulations), and ensuring high quality environmental data is available to farmers.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2024/05/22/land-use-change-cant-stay-in-the-too-hard-basket-new-report-says-expert-reaction/