Treaty of Waitangi and Sustainability

1.  After reading the Treaty of Waitangi and Sustainability, I've come to realize that this is about controlling pollution and sustainability on possesses of both Native people and Immigrated people living in New Zealand. Basically, the Queen of England gave the "Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand and to the respective families and individuals thereof the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess"- means the exclusive right to exploit thus pollute the Lands, Forrest and Marines resources for their own prospers, "so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession"- means that they can't completely deplete all the resources and left the properties polluted but to maintain a renewable exploitation. i.e chop down trees grow it back. 


2. Modern civil with their economics growth and new technologies that need fossil fuels to run on
, just need more and more resources at a rate where sustainability can't keep up with. We chop down trees at an alarming rate, occasionally set fire to mass acres of forest; we burn coals for steam engines and fossil fuel that isn't renewable, keep polluting the air the depleting the earth's resources. We do excessive huntings for illogical reasons but our own pleasure, endangering species etc...


3. New Zealand's legislation about pollution lies underneath Environment Act 1896 and Conservation Act 1987. Where the EA 1896 applies for general resources areas, about resources/pollution management and sustainability for the economy and clean environment. Whereas the CA 1987 is about special, scarce or historical resources areas: must be conserved for tourism...