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Outdated conservation laws stymie tourist operations. Credit - 123RF
August 20, 2021
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Tourist operators say the rules governing national parks are so outdated that when a crisis like Covid-19 strikes and they need to adapt, they're hamstrung. A different set of rules - or management plans - governs each of the 13 national parks. They are meant to outline how we protect our taonga but most were written more than a decade ago and the review process itself can take up to three years. 

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