Blog 2 Treaty/sustainability worksheet

1.  What part of the Treaty relates to pollution and sustainability? Write the phrase that relates here: 

 -"the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession."

2.  What are ways that modern civilization could pollute the land, the sea, or the air?

- The modern ways civilization could pollute land, sea and air is with the land, the pollution can be done through land fills or rubbish dumps. The spraying of chemicals onto farm land which could wash off into rivers and eventually end up in the ocean. The sea could also be polluted by people putting chemicals such as soap or cleaners down storm water drains which drains out to sea, Oil spills could and would pollute the sea, and sewerage being drained into the sea would cause pollution. The air is polluted by cars emissions and factories pumping out smog and aircraft can pollute the air as well.

3.  What New Zealand legislation directs what should happen about pollution?  Record your answers here:

-The resource management act of 1991 section 15 tell of what people should not disharge into the land, sea or air as seen below. If any of the below laws are broken due to pollution then that person could face fines up to $200,000 and up to two years imprisonment.

5 Discharge of contaminants into environment

• (1) No person may discharge any—

  • (a) contaminant or water into water; or

  • (b) contaminant onto or into land in circumstances which may result in that contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of natural processes from that contaminant) entering water; or

  • (c) contaminant from any industrial or trade premises into air; or

  • (d) contaminant from any industrial or trade premises onto or into land—
  unless the discharge is expressly allowed by a national environmental standard or other regulations, a rule in a regional plan as well as a rule in a proposed regional plan for the same region (if there is one), or a resource consent.
  (2) No person may discharge a contaminant into the air, or into or onto land, from a place or any other source, whether moveable or not, in a manner that contravenes a national environmental standard unless the discharge—

  • (a) is expressly allowed by other regulations; or

  • (b) is expressly allowed by a resource consent; or

  • (c) is an activity allowed by section 20A.
  (2A) No person may discharge a contaminant into the air, or into or onto land, from a place or any other source, whether moveable or not, in a manner that contravenes a regional rule unless the discharge—

  • (a) is expressly allowed by a national environmental standard or other regulations; or

  • (b) is expressly allowed by a resource consent; or

  • (c) is an activity allowed by section 20A.
    
    
    http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1991/0069/latest/DLM231978.html?search=ts_act_resource_resel