TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joy,Mike
TI  - Polluted inheritance: New Zealand's freshwater crisis 
T2  - BWB Texts
SN  - 9780908321629
U1  - 363.73940993 23
KW  - Water
KW  - Pollution
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Dairy farming
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Water quality management
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Human impact -- New Zealand's freshwater crisis -- How did this crisis happen? -- A fresh start? -- We are the river
N2  - "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
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