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Editorial: ‘‘Pristine, popular, imperilled?” is the question posed in the title of Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton’s report investigating the effect of tourism on the environment. While Mr Upton...
As you bring in the new year (and the new decade) this evening we’ve got a very important request … It’s the 31st of December, and traditionally this is a great...
New research suggests the number of tourists visiting Queenstown needs to be managed in order to prevent the negative impacts of overtourism. The region is said to have reached its capacity...
The world will face irreversible heating unless firms shift their priorities soon, the outgoing head of the Bank of England has told the BBC. Mark Carney said the financial sector had...
Is Nepal’s New Airport Dream an Environmental Nightmare? Studies have ranked Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), the only international airport of Nepal, as one of the worst airports in South Asia in terms of security,...
The Wānaka airport issue once again rears its head, this time in a governmental report investigating environmental degradation caused by tourism. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, recently released...
An Otago entrepreneur has thrown his support behind the group opposed to the potential expansion of Wanaka Airport, so people are aware of what it is “they are arguing about”. Ian...
This afternoon, we wrote to Mayor Boult and all QLDC Councillors, copying Community Board members, ensuring that they understand that Simon Upton’s report on the impact of tourism, released earlier this...
Kent Palosaari’s persistent cough started eight years after he moved to a rambler on a hill half a mile from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. “When I’d go in to talk to the doctors,...
Here’s the link to the full, 184 page report on the environmental consequences of projected tourism growth, authored by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton. Click the image below...