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related to the protection of high country land with significant conservation values
also need to be addressed.
Freshwater conservation is of growing concern. My government will provide
guidance and assistance to decision makers and management agencies on the
protection of priority representative freshwater habitats. A national approach
will be developed to protect the quality and the natural character of rivers, lakes
and wetlands.
In terms of marine conservation, the priority will be to enact the Marine
Reserves Bill and to reform aquaculture legislation to give greater certainty.
It is intended by 2010 that 10 per cent of New Zealand’s marine environment
will be included in a network of protected marine areas.
The Treaty of Waitangi has significant implications for the preservation and
conservation of our natural and historic heritage. My government will continue
to build and support cooperation between management agencies and iwi and
hapu in relation to the management of habitat and native species within rohe or
tribal areas.
Honourable Members,
My government takes New Zealand’s responsibilities as a member of the world
community seriously. In this term it will continue to play a constructive role as a
member of the United Nations. It will participate actively in peacekeeping and
will continue to advocate vigorously for best practice internationally on
environmental and social issues.
In the previous term my government undertook a substantial review of our
defence priorities and implementation of the re-equipment programme is well
under way.
The international community faces many threats. One of the most pressing of
these is climate change. Human-induced greenhouse gases accumulating in
the upper atmosphere are leading to changes in the world’s climate. This is
likely to lead to sea level rises, changes in average rainfall patterns and more
extreme weather events.
New Zealand’s economy, with its reliance on land-based industries, is
particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Only concerted
international action with respect to climate change will have any effect. Hence
my government’s commitment to ratifying the Kyoto Protocol.
The preferred domestic policy framework has already been announced. The
consultation process with sector groups and the community on the preferred
policies to give effect to our Kyoto obligations will be completed. Any required
legislation to give effect to those policies will be enacted.
My government sees real economic opportunities as well as potential costs
arising out of the Kyoto Protocol coming into force. Business will be assisted to
identify such new opportunities with supporting research aimed at achieving
emissions reductions for agriculture.
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