Court threat over exotics and carbon
Wednesday 15 Jun 2022
Court threat if carbon forestry blocked -Māori land and forest owners are
lining up for legal action if the Government goes ahead with a plan to take
exotic forests out of the permanent category of the emissions trading scheme.
Maori Forestry Association chair Te Kapunga Dewes says his rōpū has offered
to co-design a system and is seeking a meeting with the relevant ministers.
He says on the crown’s own figures there is a $7 billion in lost opportunity in
Māori landowners are blocked from what is the best option to sustainably develop
the marginal and remote land block.
There’s also a cost to the country, as
it will have to go offshore to buy the carbon units which could have been
generated by Māori on their own whenua.
“There are legal actions which are
more than likely to occur from a High Court injunction for lack of consultation
through to Waitangi Tribunal claims based on lack of consultation and engagement
with Māori and removing our customary rights to participate in the forestry
economy, and sal some concerns about intellectual rights, particularly around
natives,” Mr Dewes says.
The final option could be a claim to the United
Nations over the continued suppression of indigenous peoples.
Source:
Waatea News
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