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ALCP on Climate

Legalise hemp farming to cut emissions and pollution

The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party says legalising cannabis and hemp farming would help the environment. They say large-scale hemp growing would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut pollution, save forests, and provide a renewable fuel source. Hemp can also be used to make building materials, clothing, paper, and packaging that breaks down naturally, reducing waste.

What they say they'll do

Enable full-scale hemp cultivation as a renewable biofuel energy source
Use hemp farming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution
Promote hemp-based biodegradable packaging to reduce waste
Use hemp to save forests by replacing timber and paper sources
Use hemp crops to help prevent soil erosion and capture nitrates in farming areas

Who this affects

Farmers and rural communities

The party says hemp farming would be introduced as a crop option, including for economically depressed areas, and that it captures nitrates in soil relevant to dairy farming regions.

General public

The party says large-scale hemp cultivation would reduce pollution and greenhouse emissions that affect the broader environment all New Zealanders share.

Small business owners and growers

The party proposes affordable micro-licences for existing growers to participate in a legal hemp and cannabis industry, including producing biofuel and other hemp products.

In their own words

“be of immeasurable benefit ecologically - full-scale hemp cultivation will save forests, reduce pollution and greenhouse emissions, and provide for the basics of life – food, shelter, clothes, fuel and medicine.”

“cannabis-hemp provides an environmentally efficient resource in the age of 'peak oil' and climate change.”

“Large scale reintroduction of hemp will help minimise greenhouse emissions, pollution, waste (eg. biodegradable packaging) and save forests.”

Verify at Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party — official policy page

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