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Forest and Bird, Issue 314, 1 November 2004, Unnumbered Page

Vear Prime Minister | urge you to rapidly pass the Marine Reserves Bill. This Bill will allow major progress in marine conservation and help us catch up with Australia, which recently increased protection of the Great Barrier Reef from 4.5% to 33%. The key changes | welcome in the Bill are that it * Allows marine reserves to be created out to 200 miles offshore; * Enables seabird protection to be considered in applications; * Provides comprehensive reasons to create reserves including for biodiversity, scientific and amenity reasons; * Streamlines the process by removing the need for the Minister of Fisheries to agree to new marine reserves. Replacing this with consultation, ensuring that all information is placed before the Minister of Conservation at one time, and * Ensures mining and fishing are prohibited within marine reserves. | look forward to. many more marine reserves being created! Yours sincerely Name Address ne EPRI November 2004 www.forestandbird.org.nz Photo:Department of Conservation Let the Prime Minister know we want better protection for our marine environments! post free to Hon. Helen Clark Prime Minister Freepost 18888 Parliament Buildings Wellington GIVE TO A FRIEND AND ASK THEM TO SEND FREEPOST TO THE PRIME MINISTER Dear Prime Minister | urge you to rapidly pass the Marine Reserves Bill. This Bill will allow major progress in marine conservation and help us catch up with Australia, which recently increased protection of the Great Barrier Reef from 4.5% to 33%. The key changes | welcome in the Bill are that it * Allows marine reserves to be created out to 200 miles offshore; * Enables seabird protection to be considered in applications; * Provides comprehensive reasons to create reserves including for biodiversity, scientific and amenity reasons; * Streamlines the process by removing the need for the Minister of Fisheries to agree to new marine reserves. Replacing this with consultation, ensuring that all information is placed before the Minister of Conservation at one time, and * Ensures mining and fishing are prohibited within marine reserves. | look forward to many more marine reserves being created! Yours sincerely Name Address Ee) Pei November 2004 www.forestandbird.org.nz Photo:Department of Conservation Let the Prime Minister know we want better protection for our marine environments! post free to Hon. Helen Clark Prime Minister Freepost 18888 Parliament Buildings Wellington DETACH AND SEND FREEPOST TO THE Prime MINISTER