Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]
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Drought – soil, rivers, climate, outlook
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING – FRI 22 MAR The ‘big dry’ continues, with the entire North Island officially declared a drought […]
Continue reading‘Beyond the limits’ Freshwater scientists speak out
Is current intensification of land use damaging our waterways beyond repair? Deteriorating water quality and arguments over access to water […]
Continue readingFracking in New Zealand – experts on the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, today released her report on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The PCE’s report […]
Continue readingBRIEFING: Unravelling your genome
Your genome – the billions of bits of DNA code that make up the instructions needed to make you who you […]
Continue readingObesity, children and the future – ANZOS 2012 Briefing
What we feed ourselves and our children will shape the future of New Zealand. The complex problem of obesity – […]
Continue readingClimate change & the media – Prof Raffaella Ocone
Climate change is simultaneously happening, not happening, man-made, natural, a hoax and the end of the world as we know […]
Continue readingFood security – How will we feed 9 billion people in 2050?
Global food supply will have to double by the middle of the century to feed the world’s burgeoning population, and […]
Continue readingPoultry vaccine DNA swap creates new viruses
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have discovered that two different vaccines used to control an infectious disease in chickens […]
Continue readingSMC Briefing: Electric car technology
Electric vehicles are now a global reality, but what are the market and regulatory challenges we face in creating an […]
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