Polluted inheritance : New Zealand's freshwater crisis / Mike Joy.

Includes bibliographical references.

Human impact -- New Zealand's freshwater crisis -- How did this crisis happen? -- A fresh start? -- We are the river.

"Evidence presented here by ecologist Mike Joy demonstrates that intensive dairy farming has degraded our freshwater rivers, streams and lakes to such a degree that we face an environmental crisis. This perilous situation, he argues, has arisen primarily through governmental policy that prioritises short-term economic growth over long-term environmental sustainability"--Publisher information.