2. Climate Change Is the ‘Mother of All Risks’ to National Security
Nov 16, 2015
- Time Magazine
2015 Smashes Record for hottest year, final figures confirm
Jan 20, 2016
- The Guardian
2016 May Be Even Hotter Than 2015, Breaking A Record For Record-Breaking
Jan 31,2016
- Forbes
Fiji: Deaths from Cyclone Winston reach 42 as Full Scope of Disaster unfolds.
Feb 24, 2016
- CNN
Bill Gates Q&A on Climate Change: ‘We Need a Miracle’.
Feb, 23, 2016
- Bloomberg
8. ● Intensification of dairy creates withering waterways
● Productivity of dairy risen 60% since 1996
● Dairy farms to cover 650,000 more hectares by 2020
● Nitrogen loads in Canterbury increase 15% 2008 to 2020 & nationally 6%
● Choose Clean Water petition presented at Parliament on March 29
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12. Our Forest Future, Trees That Count
“We forget that we owe our existence to the presence of trees. As far as forest
cover goes, we have never been in such a vulnerable position as we are today.
The only answer is to plant more trees—to plant trees for our lives.” Richard
St. Barbe Baker (1889–1982),
13. AgTech: Building on our legacy
USD$4.6B Food & AgTech sector investment 2015.
94% increase on 2014.
14. BioProducts: Generational opportunity
● 8,500+ hec. py forest removal since 2008 > than rate of forest planting
● 139,793+ hec. net loss tree cover 2001-2014 > than 80% size Stewart Island
● 10,000+ hec. native & regenerating forest loss 1996-2014
● 67,000+ hec. intended deforestation 2014-2015 by all owners
● Land use change 91% dairy, 6% sheep & beef, 3% residential/lifestyle
● Global daily loss = 140 km2 = strip Rangitoto Island SIX times each day
