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New Hector’s dolphin deaths no surprise
Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 10:12 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
2018 was a bad year for Hector’s dolphins. Twelve of 16 reported deaths with a known or likely cause of deaths were the result of fishing. In January 2018, five Hector’s dolphins died in a single gillnet off Banks Peninsula. The following December, ... More >>
NZ’s Waters Declared Hope Spot to Protect Last Maui Dolphins
Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 9:48 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
New Zealand’s coastal waters have today been declared a marine Hope Spot by international conservation alliance Mission Blue. Dr Barbara Maas from the German conservation group NABU International Conservation Foundation together with New Zealand dolphin ... More >>
Video shows reality of Hector's and Māui dolphin bycatch
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 9:42 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Video : This video clip originates from a camera trial on six set net fishing vessels trips in the southern inshore fishery in 2012 that were published by MPI last year on https://youtu.be/XkgXJ0AT60k Video footage of two fishermen pulling a dead Hector’s ... More >>
Helen Clark accepts 150,000 signatures for dolphins
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 9:28 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Berlin – Representatives of German conservation group NABU International, led by the organisation’s Chair Olaf Tschimpke, met with former Prime Minister Helen Clark in Berlin this week to discuss the need for greater protection of Māui and Hector’s ... More >>
World's rarest marine dolphin close to extinction
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 11:17 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Scientists from the Inernational Whaling Commission (IWC) have warned New Zealand over its inaction to protect the world´s rarest dolphin More >>
World´s rarest marine dolphin close to extinction
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 10:35 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Scientists from the Inernational Whaling Commission (IWC) have warned New Zealand over its inaction to protect the world´s rarest dolphin More >>
Fishing industry must follow through on dolphin protection
Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 8:22 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Berlin – Last week fishing companies Sanford and Moana New Zealand announced plans to eliminate fishing-related threats to Māui dolphins across their range in a bid to prevent their extinction. But the industry’s plans will miss their mark unless ... More >>
Don’t buy New Zealand fish says Conservation Group
Tuesday, 24 May 2016, 10:07 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
German conservation foundation, NABU International is launching an international consumer campaign to persuade McDonald’s and fish consumers worldwide to source their fish from countries other than New Zealand. The organisation has teamed up ... More >>
Investigation reveals Maui’s dolphin death was suppressed
Friday, 13 May 2016, 10:16 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
An investigation by German conservation group NABU International revealed that New Zealand officials and fishermen have concealed the death of an extremely rare Maui’s dolphin in a commercial fishing net. NABU International obtained a statement that ... More >>
Experts sound alarm as Maui's dolphin numbers drop below 50
Friday, 29 May 2015, 9:26 pm | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
San Diego – Numbers of the world’s smallest and rarest marine dolphin have hit an all time low of 43-47 individuals, including just 10-12 adult females. The future New Zealand’s critically endangered Maui's dolphin will form part of the discussions ... More >>
Tiger numbers almost triple in India’s Valmiki National Park
Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 1:09 pm | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Berlin – Tiger numbers in India’s little known Valmiki National Park have almost tripled. Twenty eight of the big cats now roam across the 900 square kilometre reserve the foothills of the Himalayas – up from just 10 in 2006. "We are delighted ... More >>
156,000 petition NZ Government over Maui’s dolphins
Monday, 3 November 2014, 9:45 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Conservation group NABU International presented a 156,000 signatures strong petition calling for the immediate and full protection of Maui’s dolphin habitat to the New Zealand High Commission in London. More >>
IWC to consider imminent extinction of Maui’s dolphins
Friday, 16 May 2014, 10:25 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
New research confirms that New Zealand’s Maui’s dolphins could face extinction by 2031. In the past two years, the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) had issued urgent recommendations about the need to protect the ... More >>
Poor Government Science Is Letting Down NZ’s Dolphins
Monday, 24 February 2014, 9:02 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Despite strong criticism from the world’s leading scientific organisations, the New Zealand government maintains that Maui’s and Hector’s dolphins are adequately protected against fishing. More >>
NZ ignores calls to protect Maui’s dolphins from extinction
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 9:51 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
In the past 15 months three international scientific bodies have repeatedly urged the New Zealand Government to protect the world’s smallest and rarest dolphins from extinction. But the calls by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the ... More >>
NABU International: “Hobbit of the Seas” Can Be Saved
Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 2:10 pm | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Berlin – The latest statistics of the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) updated Red List of Endangered Species are alarming. A third of 70,294 species which have been assessed are threatened with extinction. Almost 800 others are already extinct. More >>
Scientists Urge End to Tests in Maui’s Dolphin Habitat
Friday, 19 April 2013, 9:59 am | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
In a letter to New Zealand’s Prime Minister, the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) urges the government to immediately halt seismic testing in Maui’s dolphin habitat. More >>
Maui’s Dolphins Extinct By 2030, Marine Scientists Warn
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 2:29 pm | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Under current protection levels, Maui’s dolphins will become practically extinct by 2030 as a result of fishing. In a letter to New Zealand’s Prime Minister, the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) urges the government to ban gillnets and trawling ... More >>
NABU: Africa Lions Documented In Montane Rain Forest
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 4:08 pm | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
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NZ Criticised Over Failure To Protect Rare Dophins
Saturday, 7 July 2012, 12:23 pm | NABU International - Foundation for Nature
Hundreds of delegates from government and conservation groups are gathered in Panama at the 64th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) this week to discuss the future of world’s whales. More >>
