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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 >>
Forest & Bird Says Hazard Policy A Must To Protect Kiwi Communities From Future Floods
Monday, 12 February 2024, 9:02 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling on Penny Simmonds and Simon Watts – the respective ministers for the environment and climate change – to take action and pass the National Policy Statement on Natural Hazard Decision Making (NPS-NHD) to help protect ... More >>
Forest And Bird Condemns Government Proposals Removing Environmental Protections
Thursday, 1 February 2024, 7:02 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has received a letter from Hon Chris Bishop, Minister for Resource Management Reform, setting out government plans for reforms to the resource management process and getting rid of safeguards for freshwater. The government is ... More >>
Turning The Tide On Coastal Protection: Inadequate Council Regulations Put Species At Risk
Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 8:21 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling on councils around the country to fix inadequate rules for vehicles on beaches after only one council – Dunedin City – scored the top ranking for protecting coastal species. A Forest & Bird investigation ... More >>
Nature Reserves Gifted By Locals Celebrated
Monday, 27 November 2023, 9:06 am | Forest And Bird
Bushy Park Tarapuruhi in Whanganui, Ngaheretuku in South Auckland, Atawhai Whenua on Waiheke Island and tāiko Westland petrel breeding grounds on the West Coast are the latest nature sanctuaries to feature in 26 Forest & Bird Centennial. ... More >>
Climate Change And Environment Out Of Cabinet: A Big Risk
Friday, 24 November 2023, 2:47 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird today warned that placing the climate change and environment portfolios outside of cabinet is a big risk when New Zealand’s trade with Europe hinges on climate action, Fonterra’s biggest customer is demanding climate action, ... More >>
Bird Of The Century Winner Announced: Pūteketeke Pandemonium Prevails
Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 9:03 am | Forest And Bird
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2311/52477166e5d3a146f410.jpeg" width="720" height="655"> Pūteketeke, credit: Leanne Buchan The pūteketeke Australasian crested grebe has won Bird of the Century 2023. ... More >>
