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Public urged to show their love for Te Waikoropupū Springs
Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 5:29 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird is calling on New Zealanders to support an application for a Water Conservation Order over Te Waikoropupū Springs in Golden Bay. More >>
Nature On Screen, CLIMATE AND ICE
Saturday, 10 September 2016, 9:54 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Nature lovers and movie goers are in for a treat with an award winning New Zealand climate documentary and a compelling presentation from the Forest & Bird national Climate Roadshow. More >>
Ruataniwha report: rivers must be able to support life
Saturday, 28 June 2014, 8:12 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird says a report on the proposed Ruataniwha irrigation dam reinforces the well-established principle that rivers must not be allowed to get so polluted that they cannot sustain life. More >>
BOP Shorebirds on the Mend
Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 12:28 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Two years ago shorebirds in the Bay of Plenty had to content with the problems caused by the oilspill from MV Rena. They were fortunate in that the bulk of the oil came ashore away from most of their nesting sites, but significant damage was done. More >>
Conclusion from report - dairy conversions need moderating
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 9:22 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird says a report released this morning by the independent Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, shows that in many areas, limits will need to be set on the conversion of beef and sheep farms to dairy farms. More >>
"Best Fish Guide” shines light on aquaculture industry
Monday, 24 June 2013, 10:32 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
New Zealanders can now buy farmed New Zealand seafood they know is ecologically sustainable thanks to Forest & Bird’s new Best Fish Guide. More >>
Forest and Bird welcomes new green growth report
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 6:09 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird welcomes the release of a study making a case for New Zealand’s business and political leaders to embrace green growth that makes economic sense. More >>
Wellington CBD comes to a ‘freeze’ over mining
Monday, 7 May 2012, 11:40 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA) and Forest & Bird are joining forces to stage a ‘flash freeze’ in Wellington’s Midland Park tomorrow. Supporters of CANA, Forest & Bird and other environmental groups will gather at the popular lunchtime ... More >>
Bird of the Year - polls open today
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 3:28 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Singer Hollie Smith, actress Lisa Chappell and former All Black and seabird advocate Anton Oliver are throwing their celebrity weight behind some of our native birds in Forest & Bird’s annual avian popularity contest, which opens today. Forest ... More >>
Working for nature after oil spill
Friday, 14 October 2011, 7:59 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Working for nature after oil spill Forest & Bird’s Seabird Conservation Advocate Karen Baird is used to seeing petrels and shearwaters skimming over the waves at sea, rather than having to identify ... More >>
Volunteers comb Bay of Plenty coast for oil-spill victims
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 1:51 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Volunteers comb Bay of Plenty coast for oil-spill victims Around 70 volunteers including Forest & Bird members were searching the Bay of Plenty coastline today for injured birds as the oil spill ... More >>
Forest & Bird appeals Denniston mine consent
Monday, 19 September 2011, 10:32 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird today lodged an appeal against a 140-hectare open-cast coal mine on Denniston Plateau conservation land. More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes new marine reserve - more needed
Friday, 26 August 2011, 10:15 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird said today it welcomed the upcoming official opening of the Tawharanui Marine Reserve north of Auckland but warned it was a drop in the ocean compared with what is needed to give adequate protection to New Zealand's marine life. More >>
NZ can't afford to lose DOC jobs
Friday, 24 June 2011, 11:21 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
The cutting of more than 100 jobs at the Department of Conservation shows a failure to recognise our environment is the key to our economic recovery, Forest & Bird said Friday. More >>
Forest & Bird pays tribute to conservationist Don Merton
Sunday, 10 April 2011, 5:23 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
“Without Don Merton, the kakapo, the Chatham Island black robin and other unique native New Zealand birds would probably have become extinct,” Forest & Bird Executive member Peter Maddison said. “Members of Forest & Bird and other New ... More >>
Game council puts trophies ahead of nature
Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 10:32 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird is concerned that tomorrow's announcement of the setting up of a new statutory Game Animal Council will benefit elite trophy hunters but harm our treasured native forests and animals. More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes new Sub-Antarctic protection
Saturday, 29 January 2011, 5:49 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird welcomes new Sub-Antarctic protection Forest & Bird today welcomed the government’s decision to expand marine reserves and marine protected areas around New Zealand’s Sub-Antarctic islands. Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson ... More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes Nevis decision
Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 4:32 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird welcomes today’s decision by a special tribunal to forbid the building of any dam on the Nevis River in Central Otago as a victory for New Zealand’s magnificent wild rivers. More >>
Clean Streams snapshot out of focus
Thursday, 12 March 2009, 12:20 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Levels of serious non-compliance over discharge of dairy farm effluent have been miscalculated by the Dairying and Cleans Streams Accord Snapshot Report, Forest & Bird says. The Accord is supposed to monitor the impact of agriculture on New Zealand’s ... More >>
Tally of mutilated Hector's dolphins grows
Friday, 5 December 2008, 9:29 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Hector's dolphins are being killed and mutilated, according to evidence from the Department of Conservation. More >>
