New Zealand Landscape Photographer
I have heard the most horrible environmental news over the past week that there are plans to place 15000 cows and create a massive 4500 hectare dairy farm in the Mackenzie area!
If you have travelled through this region you will know how unsuited this land is for dairy and how amazing and unique this landscape is. Aside from the farm itself, there will be the inevitable pillaging of the pristine waterways from the surrounding lakes to irrigate this.
The Mackenzie is a fragile wilderness, home to critically endangered native species, world-renowned landscapes, and bright blue glacial lakes...just look at any image from here.
Agriculture is the single greatest threat to our environment and the sole reason NZ isn't as 'clean and green' as we used to be and should be.
There is a massive movement against this and a current petition with over 40,000 signatures which I would encouragement anyone who values the environment to sign asap! It can be found here:
https://act.greenpeace.org/page/23869/petition/1…
Help save this precious landscape!