Marie Brown: Strengthening our last line of defenceSheps' Park in Blenheim was named following the donation by Lloyd and Joy Shepard of the land to Queen Elizabeth II National Trust. OPINION: The Environmental Defence Society has released its most recent major report: Last Line of Defence: compliance, monitoring and enforcement of New Zealand's environmental law. READ MORE: NZ environmental enforcement agencies 'chronically under-resourced' - research​On the Department of Conservation (DoC) estate, the resourcing is just as dire. A lot of the problems with our environmental law are well understood, but progress to address the failings has been remarkably slow. Finally, part of the reason politicised decision-making can occur is because the audit and oversight for environmental compliance appears limited.

Source: Stuff March 06, 2017 16:01 UTC