Behind the march was a broad coalition of environmental and
community groups.
On Saturday, June 8, at 1pm, over 20,000 people joined the March for Nature in a
peaceful protest against the Luxon Government’s reckless attacks on
environmental protection.
Yuu can still take action now by sending the Prime Minister a message.
The Fast-track Approvals Bill is at the heart of this Government's
systematic war on nature, which includes an attack on
environmental protections critical to preserving fresh water,
forests, oceans, and wildlife. It will put Aotearoa on a fast
track to environmental destruction.
This anti-democratic Bill concentrates power in the hands of three
Ministers and allows them to run roughshod over the few
environmental protections we have in place for our threatened
wildlife and landscapes - while ignoring the concerns of local
communities and tangata whenua. It undermines our democracy and te
Tiriti o Waitangi.
It is wide open to corruption and lacks any semblance of
environmental protection while removing existing protections.