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Risk Too Great: Kea Deaths Highlight 1080 Poison Failure And Lack Of Accountability

Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 2:08 pm | Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa

Kea are a protected endangered species and the only alpine parrot in the world. There is an estimated population of between 3000 - 7000 of the curious and unique birds living in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Asha Andersen, spokesperson of ... More >>

Open Letter To Te Roroa Iwi Re: The Aerial Poisoning Of The Waipoua Forest

Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 11:07 am | Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa

Tena koutou Te Roroa Iwi, Kaitiaki o Te Waipoua Forest, We are extremely saddened and concerned to hear that the Waipoua Forest is going to be poisoned with aerial 1080 (Sodium Monofluoroacetate), a highly toxic chemical poison that harms all life ... More >>

Jane Goodall Institute Slams Predator Free 2050 And Aerial Poison Campaigns As Unethical

Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 6:38 am | Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa

Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa welcomes the release of a new paper published by the Jane Goodall Institute and Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences at Ghent University in Belgium. The Ethical Cost of Predator Free New Zealand 2050: Suffering in the ... More >>

Māori Women Lead The Struggle As Rāhui Gains Support

Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 9:52 am | Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa

Conservationists on the upper Coromandel are joining forces to back iwi demands for a halt to pending 1080 poison operations on their sacred mountain. The sanctuary and landcare groups have stated their support for a Rāhui placed on Moehau mountain ... More >>

Not Fit For Purpose - Scientists Exposing Pesticide Testing

Thursday, 19 December 2019, 2:43 pm | Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa

A modern, independent laboratory’s toxicology report from dead wildlife collected from a beach in South Island has highlighted how the Government’s pesticide testing regimes are not fit for purpose. More >>

New Zealand Government 1080 Poison Tests Flawed

Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 9:45 am | Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa

Clean Green New Zealand and Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa are not affiliated in any way with any political parties, commercial sponsors or ‘anti-1080’ groups. Our objectives in raising awareness of the potential harm from widespread use of poisons ... More >>

Call for an Investigation into Environmental Catastrophe

Friday, 15 November 2019, 3:42 pm | Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa

Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa and Clean Green New Zealand Trust are calling for an immediate halt to all aerial 1080 poison operations and an independent investigation into the environmental catastrophe that has led to hundreds of dead wildlife washing-up ... More >>

Communities Leading the Charge on Sustainable Conservation

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 2:03 pm | Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa

Communities Leading the Charge on Sustainable Conservation Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa: Press Release, March 2019 More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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