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New Zealand's freshwater crisis 76 pages On cover: New Zealand now has the highest proportion of threatened and at-risk species in the world Summary: 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. (Back cover) BWB texts