The purpose of Chinese Conservation Education
Trust (CCET) is to foster a love and understanding of New
Zealand's special places, plants and animals. We are a group
of individuals dedicated to bringing conservation to the Chinese
living in New Zealand.
The Trust's work is vital. The Auckland
region's population is expected to double in the next 50 years
and will be strongly multicultural. This growth and diversity
of cultures will put huge pressures on the values New Zealanders
place on open spaces and special conservation areas. Already
many areas of coastline are bare of shellfish and fish numbers
are decreasing in the harbours.
The trust is working in partnership with
the Department
of Conservation (DOC). DOC's job is "to conserve
New Zealand's natural and historic heritage for all to enjoy
now and in the future". This means the Department is
responsible for ensuring these special places still exist
when our grandchildren are old.
The objectives of the Chinese Conservation
Education Trust are:
- To educate the general Chinese public living
in New Zealand about conservation through activities
- To raise funds for Chinese conservation awareness
programmes
- To act as a liaison with conservation organisations
in Asia
- To fund scholarships for
Chinese to attend the Department of Conservation's ranger
school
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