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with a number of measures being taken to reduce its severity. New Zealand is sometimes viewed as being "clean and green" but this can be refuted due to pollution levels, among other factors. New Zealand does have a relatively low air pollution level, but some areas have high levels of
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Fertiliser runs off farms and yards into nearby rivers and streams, which carry it out to the ocean. It is also carried by the cloud and when it rains it drops in the ocean, which is carried by the current.
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in New Zealand increased by 22.1%. Emission increases by sector were - agriculture; 12.1%, energy; 39.2%, industry; 35.0%. Only the small waste sector reduced emissions, by 25.3%.
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profile. In 2007, agriculture contributed 48.2% of total emissions, energy (including transport); 43.2%, industry; 6.1%, waste; 2.4%. In other
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areas. In recent years concerns have been raised about the effect of intensification of
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in New Zealand varies depending on the level of development in the
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Index


Wairarapa
Pollution
environmental issue
New Zealand
plastic pollution
Water pollution in New Zealand
Water pollution
water catchment
dairy farming
water quality
Ballast water issues in New Zealand
Smog
Christchurch
greenhouse gas emissions
Kyoto Protocol
greenhouse gas emissions
Clean Air Act 1972
Resource Management Act 1991
Contaminated site at Mapua
Tui mine tailings dam
Environment of New Zealand
Pesticides in New Zealand
Litter in New Zealand
New Zealand’s Environmental Reporting Series: Our air 2018
"New Zealand the most perilous place for seabirds due to plastic pollution"
The Guardian


"New Zealand's Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2007"

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