Measuring Up: Environmental Reporting – A Discussion Document
Quality environmental information is as important to New Zealand’s success as financial or economic information. The Government is committed to improving national state of the environment reporting in New Zealand and proposes to introduce an Environmental Reporting Bill to:
- ensure that national state of the environment reporting is regular and independent
- improve the consistency of state of the environment monitoring statistics at the local level.
The Government wants your views on the proposal for an Environmental Reporting Bill. It has released for consultation ‘Measuring Up: Environmental Reporting – A Discussion Document’ (PDF, 2.66 MB). This document:
- seeks your input and views on the proposed options for improving national state of the environment reporting in New Zealand, and
- guides you in discussing aspects of the proposed Bill at a symposium to be held in Wellington in the first half of 2012.
Download the discussion document (PDF, 2.66 MB) (including the consultation questions) and/or download the separate list of consultation questions (PDF 102 KB).
Written submissions on this discussion document are due by 5pm on 18 October 2011.
Email your submission to environmental.reporting@mfe.govt.nz
or post it to
Submission on proposed Environmental Reporting Bill
Ministry for the Environment
PO Box 10362
Wellington 6143 New Zealand
For further information please contact environmental.reporting@mfe.govt.nz
Last updated: 15 September 2011
