Author: Michael Murphy

02 Apr Less emotion needed over foreshore and seabed – Attorney General (The New Zealand Herald)

Posted at 08:44h in News, Posts

Explosive language around the foreshore and seabed issue should be avoided if there is to be a lasting solution to the problem, Attorney General Chris Finlayson says. Earlier this week the Government said its preferred option to replace the Foreshore and Seabed Act was to...

31 Mar Controversy over Arctic conference (Al Jazeera)

Posted at 19:38h in News, Posts

Five Arctic nations have agreed to work more closely to safeguard the region's environment and resolve disputes over territory. However, the meeting between Canada, Russia, Denmark, Norway and the US on Monday was overshadowed by the exclusion of three other countries with Arctic territories and...

28 Mar Agatha: Rope indigenous people into climate change decisions (The Hindu)

Posted at 19:41h in News, Posts

Minister of State for Rural Development Agatha Sangma has called for timely interventions and properly implemented policies to protect the lifestyles of several hundred million indigenous people (Scheduled Tribes in India) in Asia-Pacific who are faced with the threat of climate change and extreme rural...