New Zealand budget $1bn for 'nature jobs' but dismay at lack of climate action
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Up to 11,000 jobs, including pest and weed control, to be created but critics call for greater emphasis on climate change
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More than a billion dollars will be spent by the New Zealand government creating “nature jobs” as part of its a pandemic recovery, including environmental work in regions, but critics expressed dismay there wasn’t more emphasis on climate change.
On Thursday the finance minister Grant Robertson unveiled more than NZ$50bn in recovery funding to get the economy back on track following a seven-week lockdown. Tens of thousands of people have lost work during the crisis, with further lay-offs expected. Continue reading...
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