ON DEMAND - Groundwater Degradation in New Zealand; a Case Study of Failures Associated with Environmental Protection Canterbury

This webinar will explore the uncontrolled intensification on land and water use in Canterbury and how this has led to a groundwater disaster.

The lessons are clear, allowing the externalities of the dairy industry to be absorbed by wider society has led to a trap for farmers and the rest of society.

The failures were more about a lack of implementation rather than legislation, meaning that all the legislative change underway is likely to be ineffectual if there is no change in the requirement to enforce.

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About the Speaker

Mike Joy

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies IGPS

Victoria University of Wellington

Mike Joy BSc, MSc (1^st class hons), PhD in Ecology is a Senior researcher at the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University, Wellington. He researches ecological modelling, bioassessment, environmental science, environmental policy, and energy futures.

Mike is an outspoken advocate for environmental protection in New Zealand and has received a number of awards including an Ecology in Action award from the NZ ecological Society, an Old Blue award from Forest and Bird, the 2013 Charles Fleming Award for environmental action from the Royal Society of New Zealand, in 2015 the Morgan Foundation inaugural River Voice Award and 2017 he received the inaugural NZ Universities Critic and Conscience award.