An ecologist is concerned the government's Conservation Amendment Bill puts the country's national parks at risk of being developed for financial gain. Conservation Minister Tama Potaka said the Bill did not include a plan to sell great swathes of conservation land and there was no legislative direction to facilitate development. Under the proposed amendment bill, Monks said, the approval rights of conservation boards and bodies would be weakened. Monks said the amendments would make it easier to build amenities inside conservation land, which she said could include infrastructure like a hotel. "Any activity would still need to be consistent with the conservation purpose for which the land is held."