Rotorua lakes:
The water in the Rotorua lakes has been getting worse over the past few decades due to nutrients causing higher phosphorus levels and algal blooms. The land around the lake has been farmed since the time of the European settlers which caused the nutrients to seep into the lakes because of their farming. Much of the water has deteriorated since then it has become toxic.
Back in 1990 EnvBOP started a program to routinely monitor the lakes. Then by 2006, widespread concern led to an investigation by the New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. The results of this investigation convinced the New Zealand Government to pay $72m towards $144m to help to improve the damage that has been done to these lakes. Also during 2006 the Government of New Zealand signed an agreement with the Te Arawa Moari Trust Board for the local Maori people to take over ownership of the Rotorua lake beds but EnvBOP will keep their managerial position.
If we don’t clean the lakes out now it then will become a bigger problem for our future generations to deal with. It could cause problems to the native plants, wildlife and ecosystems around the lakes.
Hey Paige :)
ReplyDeleteDid you write this in a doc and then copy it over?
I have just learnt that if you use ctrl + shft + v instead of ctrl + v when you copy and paste, then the formatting won't mean the words disappear off the blog!
Hope that makes sense :)