Sounds Management
Totara for totaranui
Welcome to the Totara for Totaranui Project The Totara for Totaranui Project is a community lead project which aims to protect Queen Charlotte Sound / Totaranui, restore what has been damaged and enhance the environment for future generations. The project also provides education so that people understand why this work is vitally important. The project…
Read MoreMinistry of Primary Industries Consultation
Ministry of Primary Industries and the mismanagement of the Marlborough Sounds
Read MorePotential Relocation of Salmon Farms in the Marlborough Sounds
Comments to advisory panel from: Marlborough Environment Centre (MEC) Speaker: Bev Doole Date: May 2, 2017 Introduction The Marlborough Environment Centre (MEC) is an incorporated society, established in 1989 to promote awareness and protect the environment through education and engagement with resource management decision-making. MEC took part in developing the Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan…
Read MoreSubmission to EPA against King Salmon by Pete Beach
It is with a heavy heart that I make this submission, over 20 yrs ago I formed an environmental watch dog group called “Guardians of the Sounds “ to try and protect the natural resources of our Sounds and protect the rights of the Sounds Community. After 20 yrs of advocacy work you would think…
Read MoreSounds Salmon Farms Hearing Presentation by Norm Gourdie
I am Norm Gourdie. I’ve lived here in the Sounds, in Ngakuta Bay, the one in Queen Charlotte Sound, just up the Sound from Picton, since 1981, that’s 36 years, and I am passionate about looking after this environment, and all of NZ, the world for that matter. I am not a practised speaker, so…
Read MoreSubmission on Marine Protected Areas Act
Submission on Proposed marine Protected Areas Act supporting legislation to deliver a network of Marine Reserves and other Marine Protected Areas
Read MoreTotaras for Totaranui
A project to replant the Marlborough Sounds with the native trees removed long ago. The aim is to include environmental education for young folk.
Read MoreHelen Clark Supports Marlborough Sounds Biosphere
Helen Clarke: I am very supportive of the designation of Biospheres. The proposal for Marlborough is exciting. All good for putting NZ on the map
Read MoreDavid Bellamy Supports Marlborough Sounds Biosphere
Message from David Bellamy supporting Guardians of the Sounds’ efforts to create the first NZ Biosphere Reserve in New Zealand
Read MoreMcGuinness Trust Article
UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and MPA’s. NZ remains one of the few first world nations that still has no Biospheres.
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