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Flawed Fast-Track Bill Silences Impacted Communities
Friday, 18 October 2024, 8:14 pm | Forest And Bird
The entire purpose of the bill is to facilitate development with one narrow safeguard being that the panel may, but doesn’t actually have to, turn down a project if the adverse effects outweigh the benefits of the development. More >>
Fast-track List Reveal Is A Dark Day For Democracy
Sunday, 6 October 2024, 4:43 pm | Forest And Bird
The Fast-track Approvals Bill is the most extreme attack on nature in decades. NZ already has the highest proportion of threatened species in the world, and we’re in the midst of a climate and biodiversity crisis. It is the time to work towards ... More >>
Climate Inquiry Reaffirms Longstanding Advice: Immediate Action Required
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 6:09 pm | Forest And Bird
The inquiry’s findings offer a positive opportunity to work with te taiao nature for the benefit of all. More >>
Feathers Fly In Tight Race For Bird Of The Year
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:31 am | Forest And Bird
Voting for Bird of the Year 2024 closes at 5pm on Sunday 15 September. Voters can include up to five birds in their selection, which must be submitted via the Bird of the Year website. More >>
Supreme Court Finds Biological Needs Must Prevail When Rebuilding Overfished Stocks
Thursday, 12 September 2024, 8:05 pm | Forest And Bird
After five years of legal proceedings, the Supreme Court has delivered a mixed judgment but ultimately upheld Forest & Bird’s core challenge that overfished stocks need to be rebuilt within a period that is based on the stock’s biology and environmental ... More >>
Fast-track Approvals Bill Still Fundamentally Flawed, Despite Welcome Changes
Sunday, 25 August 2024, 5:34 pm | Forest And Bird
It is clear the government is feeling the pressure from the people of New Zealand. However, we must remain vigilant. We can’t afford to take our eyes off the ball yet, or we risk losing more of our unique natural heritage that defines us. More >>
Nature-based Solutions Welcomed In New Climate Strategy – But Short On Detail
Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 6:06 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird looks forward to providing further input when the government consults on its Emissions Reduction Plan for 2026–2030, which Minister Watts has announced will begin within the next two weeks. More >>
Forest & Bird Announces First Woman President And 2024 Awards
Saturday, 22 June 2024, 2:09 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird’s new President, and the first woman to hold the role in 101 years, is Kate Graeme of Tauranga. Ms Graeme has been deputy President since 2016 and on the board since 2014, and now takes over the President role from Mark Hanger. More >>
Forest & Bird Celebrates ‘significant Step Forward’ For Tīkapa Moana Hauraki Gulf Protection - Forest & Bird
Thursday, 20 June 2024, 5:35 pm | Forest And Bird
If Parliament votes for the Committee’s recommendation, 19 new protection areas will be created in the Tīkapa Moana Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. More >>
March For Nature & Stop The Fast Track
Friday, 7 June 2024, 5:22 am | Forest And Bird
The Fast-Track Approvals Bill is the most damaging piece of environmental legislation any Government has introduced in living memory. People are angry, and it’s time to march More >>
Government Raids Conservation Budget To Pay For War On Nature
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 5:43 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is warning that large cuts to climate change, environmental and conservation programmes in this year’s Budget will make the country much less resilient to the impacts of climate change. More >>
Govt Love Letter To Mining Companies Is Latest Attack On Nature
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 4:52 pm | Forest And Bird
A new Government mining strategy will take New Zealand backwards on climate change and drive native plants and animals to extinction, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Fast-track Applicant To Pay $216,000 For Failed Mine Bid
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 5:20 pm | Forest And Bird
A mining company that lobbied Resources Minister Shane Jones and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop to be fast-tracked has been ordered to pay more than $200,000 in court costs. More >>
Forest & Bird And Fiordland Wapiti Foundation Agree To Work Together
Friday, 10 May 2024, 4:14 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird earlier asked for a judicial review of the management agreement between DOC and Fiordland Wapiti Foundation, which allows the Wapiti Foundation to control deer numbers, manage a wapiti herd, and carry out other pest-control and conservation ... More >>
Bill Would Create Large-scale Environmental Destruction
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 4:52 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird told Parliament’s Environment Committee that the Fast-track Approvals Bill should be withdrawn. “There are just too many problems with this piece of legislation,” says Forest & Bird Chief Executive Nicola Toki. More >>
Government Forced To Release Its ‘top Secret’ Fast-track List
Friday, 19 April 2024, 3:49 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is demanding an extension to submissions on the contentious Fast-track Approvals Bill, after successfully asking the Ombudsman to investigate a lack of transparency over who was lobbying to have their projects fast-tracked. More >>
Rip It Up And Start Over – Fast-Track Approvals Bill Needs To Be Scrapped
Friday, 19 April 2024, 9:00 am | Forest And Bird
“It will cause significant harm to our environment and communities. It is completely at odds with New Zealanders’ relationship with nature and our need for a low-carbon, sustainable economic future." More >>
Government Chooses Coal Over Climate
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 5:03 pm | Forest And Bird
The Government’s proposal to increase environmentally destructive coal mining in wetlands and areas of significant biodiversity shows a flagrant disregard for nature and a safe climate, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Fast Track Is Outright Assault On Environment
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 12:17 pm | Forest And Bird
A new sweeping fast-track consenting bill being tabled in parliament today is anti-nature, anti-democracy, and will leave a mess for future governments to clean up, says Forest & Bird. “New Zealand has environmental laws based on science for a reason ... More >>
Nature-inspired Artwork And Poetry Celebrated In Exhibition
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 10:37 am | Forest And Bird
Artwork and poetry inspired by 13 Forest & Bird nature reserves will be exhibited together for one time only in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. The public viewing event at Lopdell House, Titirangi will open at midday on Sunday 18 February. <img ... More >>
