🌊 It’s a victory for the oceans and it’s a victory for people power.
💪Over 5 million people have joined our movement to protect the oceans. The politicians couldn’t ignore our call!
The treaty enables governments to set up sanctuaries across the global oceans- making it possible to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030, the minimum scientists say is needed for oceans and marine life to recover 🐟
Protecting the oceans also helps guarantee the livelihoods and food security of the billions of people in coastal communities that depend on them. greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story…
🐋 Your support has helped us to sail to every ocean to document precious marine life and fragile ecosystems
and confront the industries that pose a risk to them like:
At 11pm on Friday night, under the cover of darkness, the Luxon Government made it easier for foreign corporations to buy and exploit New Zealand’s most ecologically and culturally sensitive land - including conservation land, lakebeds and wāhi tapu sites. 🧵
David Seymour’s Overseas Investment Amendment Bill passed last week. One of its biggest changes: removing the requirement for the Government to run even basic criminal checks on corporations wanting to buy New Zealand’s most sensitive land.
That means corporations with records of environmental destruction, labour abuses or tax evasion will now be able to buy some of Aotearoa’s most precious places with less scrutiny than before. And it gets worse.
THREAD: Tomorrow's #RebuildingTogether Budget will be a defining moment for New Zealand, and for Jacinda Ardern's Govt because it will have impacts for generations to come.
We're looking for Govt to prioritise future-ready projects over 'shovel-ready' in the Covid recovery Budget. With unprecedented sums on the table, we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get a jump on the other existential crises we face.
Jobs are a priority, but they need to be created in the right industries. We need more people working in growth areas like renewable energy, sustainable transport and #regenerativeagriculture, which have a clear future in a post-#Covid19 world.