DOC to axe 56 jobs - Forest and Bird - 21 Apr 2008 - NZ Heral...
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epartment of Conservation is axing the jobs of 56 people
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scientists and technicians - after the agency overspent its budget by $8 million.
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While government departments needed to stay within budgets, any job losses in conservation were of concern "because DOC is already under-funded to carry out its core conservation work", he said.
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uch of the $8 million "overspend" was the cost of fighting an unusually high number of fires due to drought conditions in conservation areas, which DOC staff had to put out.
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DOC should receive contingency funding for fighting fires
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past 20 years the amount of land managed by DOC had doubled, but staffing levels had not increased.
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