Immigration
With all the rhetoric about immigrants it seems to me a major point is overlooked. Many come from over-populated areas of the world where the
conservation ethic has little or no meaning. Survival is probably more important. We are already finding our beaches are being mined for any living organisms. Our rock pools are being denuded. In fact, the coastal ecology is at stake. Part of the prime education activities of immigrants should be to understand this particular activity is neither necessary or acceptable in New Zealand. Perhaps we should be pressuring the ministers of Conservation and Immigration on these important points. — LEN NEWMAN Rotorua Take heart by observing the achievements of local shore protection groups, such as on the Auckland west coast, which run local education and publicity, for everyone, about their shorelines. The achievements of the Chinese Conservation Trust with some 2000 members in Auckland are
also a sign of changing times (See Forest & Bird, August 2001)
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