The proposed Water Conservation Order (WCO) will contradict farmers' efforts to combat climate change, writes Federated Farmers Senior Policy Advisor Rhea Dasent.
The Prime Minister is being presented as a world leader on climate change action at the World Economic Forum, but Federated Farmers is concerned farmers in the Ngaruroro may be prevented from climate change adaptation by a water conservation order.
Like making hay while the sun shines, it makes sense to store water when it rains.
But the proposed Water Conservation Order (WCO) seeks to ban damming of the main river stem over the entire catchment, as well as an additional ban on damming tributaries in the upper catchment area.
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