Economics and the environment
Sir, — If ever it was vital to look beyond .the present, environmentally, it is now. But never has it been more difficult to do so. The president of the Greymouth Chamber of Commerce put it bluntly: “Economically we are on a knife edge” (“The Press,” February 5). In the long term, though, the future of the West Coast surely lies with farming and tourism. What if in the 1980 s, mineral extraction ruins the
land for the farmer, while logging ruins the forests of South Westland for the tourist — and the glaciers continue to retreat? In “immediate economic health”' to be gained by destroying the environmental capital which must provide the income of continuing prosperity? The question is urgent both for the wellbeing of the' West Coast and for the unique landscapes which could be destroyed. The rest of New Zealand, and the Government, should be concerned on both counts.—Yours, etc., ERIC BENNETT. February 8, 1981.
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