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Environmental Defence Society
EDS speaks for the environment. It has influence.
Since 1971, EDS has been driving environmental protection in Aotearoa New Zealand
through law and policy change. That's why it's one of this country's most influential non-
profit organisations when it comes to achieving better environmental outcomes.
EDS has expertise in key disciplines including law, planning, landscape and science. It
operates as a policy think-tank, a litigation advocate, and a collaborator – bringing together
the private and public sectors for constructive engagement.
EDS runs conferences and seminars on topical issues, including an annual Environmental
Summit and the Climate Change and Business Conference.
EDS is a registered charity and donations to it are tax-deductible.
Environmental Defence Society - Latest News [Page 25]
National urged to keep to climate commitments
Monday, 10 November 2008, 12:36 pm | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society has reminded Prime Minister elect John Key of the party's commitment to retain the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). More >>
Environmental Defence Society urges caution
Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 2:19 pm | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society has urged the government to take care “not to get ripped off” over a proposed land swap deal with Landco over the Ngunguru Spit in Northland. More >>
Unique Forum to Focus on Rural Land Use
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 12:18 am | Environmental Defence Society
Key participants in the Conflict in Paradise Conference, being held in Auckland today, have agreed to establish a unique roundtable group to work to find ways of making New Zealand agriculture more sustainable. More >>
World leaders to address EDS land use conference
Friday, 6 June 2008, 10:17 am | Environmental Defence Society
Mike Barry, head of CSR at Marks & Spencer, is among a host of world leading academics and business people to address a forthcoming Auckland conference on changing land use in rural New Zealand. More >>
National’s Response Really, Really Disappointing
Monday, 19 May 2008, 9:22 am | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society has slammed National’s back-down on support for the proposed emissions trading scheme as “extremely disappointing and a major let-down for those who thought it really had changed its stance on key environmental issues.” More >>
Government backdown on climate change unwelcome
Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 11:27 am | Environmental Defence Society
The announcement today by the Prime Minister of further weakening of the emissions trading scheme is not welcome, says the Chairman of the Environmental Defence Society, Gary Taylor. More >>
Exclusionary Decision Cannot Go Unchecked
Friday, 21 March 2008, 11:57 am | Environmental Defence Society
The Blackjack Protection Society has this week issued High Court proceedings challenging a notification decision by the Thames-Coromandel District Council. More >>
IT Employer Launches Scholarships For Maori
Monday, 28 January 2008, 4:29 pm | EDS
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – EDS NZ today announced its latest move to address declining Maori graduate numbers and a tight labour market with the launch of five IT scholarships for the Maori community. More >>
EDS Welcomes Court of Appeal Mining Decision
Thursday, 1 November 2007, 3:04 pm | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society has welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeal released today which deals with the status of mining on the Coromandel Peninsula. The decision confirmed that it is appropriate for the Thames Coromandel District ... More >>
National Policy Statement Forum
Friday, 10 August 2007, 10:11 am | Environmental Defence Society
Following on from the Environmental Defence Society’s 2007 national conference, Beyond the RMA, we are holding a series of workshops designed to continue the discussion about improving the Resource Management Act. The conference was notable for broad ... More >>
EDS welcomes government announcement
Monday, 25 June 2007, 9:53 am | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has welcomed a government commitment to remove areas of outstanding lakeside landscapes from the tenure review process. More >>
Call for central Govt guidance to strengthen RMA
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 2:53 pm | Environmental Defence Society
New Zealand primary producers, businesses and industry require greater guidance from Central Government if they are to successfully meet an increasing number of environmental challenges. More >>
Beyond the RMA: Oram - RMA letting us down
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 11:59 am | Environmental Defence Society
New Zealand is failing to deliver on its 100% pure brand “because of inadequate legal and regulatory frameworks,” says Rod Oram, a guest speaker at an environmental conference being held in Auckland this week. More >>
EDS welcomes NZX's "Green Wall Street" proposal
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 10:38 am | Environmental Defence Society
Environmental Defence Society welcomed today's news that NZX will seek to position New Zealand as a "Green Wall Street" by creating a carbon exchange. More >>
NZ Gets Environmental Wake Up Call
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 11:25 am | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) says a report released today (Thursday) by the OECD is an environmental wake-up call for New Zealand. EDS notes that the timing of the launch – the day before a holiday weekend and with no Friday papers - whilst ... More >>
EDS Targets Carbon Emissions in Green Program
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 9:57 am | EDS
SYDNEY – Global technology services group EDS aims to slash its greenhouse gas emissions in Australia and New Zealand in a wide-ranging program that will affect most areas of its business. More >>
EDS welcomes Court of Appeal Decision
Thursday, 6 April 2006, 5:06 pm | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society has welcomed a Court of Appeal decision relating to mining on the Coromandel Peninsula. More >>
Using the RMA to get really good outcomes
Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 8:36 am | Environmental Defence Society
EDS is organising a series of free public workshops to promote awareness around coastal and landscape issues. More >>
Big polluters capture climate change policy
Monday, 27 February 2006, 9:49 am | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has sharply criticised the Ministry for the Environment for allowing big business to capture the climate change policy process. More >>
Why NZ wasn’t at the Climate Change Conference
Monday, 16 January 2006, 9:53 am | Environmental Defence Society
Alasdair Thompson from the Employers and Manufacturers Association has asked why New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister wasn’t at the recent Sydney Climate Change Conference. The reasons are that it wasn’t a conference, it wasn’t open to the public ... More >>
