One of NZ’s top Environmental Advocates, Raewyn Peart, is to be the guest speaker following the Mercury Bay Forest & Bird’s AGM on Sunday 13 October.
Since the early 1970s the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has been involved in numerous cases on the Coromandel Peninsula with a focus on mining, coastal development and marine protection. Raewyn will speak to how the law has been mobilised to protect some of the Peninsula’s most precious places.
With our current Government rolling back many environmental protections, these past experiences provide invaluable insights into responses to environmental controversies of today. Following her talk Raewyn has agreed to take questions for further discussion.
Raewyn heads the EDS’s environmental policy work. She has over 30 years professional experience in environmental law and policy, having worked as a resource management lawyer and policy adviser to business, government and the not-for-profit sector.
For the last two decades Raewyn has published widely on coastal, marine and other environmental issues.
Over 50 years of environmental advocacy by the Environmental Defence Society is recorded in her latest book Environmental Defenders.
An invitation is extended to everyone in the community who is interested in protecting and enhancing the local environment of the Coromandel. Forest & Bird’s AGM will be at 1.30pm with Raewyn’s talk to follow.
Sunday 13th October
Forest & Bird AGM at 1.30pm, followed by guest speaker at 2:00 pm
St Andrews by the Sea Community Church, Corner of Albert and Owen St
Copies of Raewyn’s book, Environmental Defenders, will be available for sale after her talk.
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