An outspoken advocate for environmental protection will give a talk on the decline of our freshwater health in Taupō next month.
Lakes and Waterways Action Group host Dr Mike Joy will present Freshwater policy failures; a freshwater ecologist's view at the Lake Taupō Rotary Club on October 18.
Joy has recently joined Victoria University's Institute for Governance and Policy Studies after serving many years as senior lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Science at Massey University.
After seeing first-hand the decline in freshwater health, Joy has become an outspoken advocate for environmental protection.
His work at the interface of science and policy aims at strengthening connections between science, policy and real outcomes to address the multiple environmental issues facing New Zealand.