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Mining company should exit Coromandel conservation land now
Friday, 1 March 2019, 5:38 pm | Forest And Bird
OceanaGold should pull out of its exploratory drilling programme on public conservation land, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Ngaruroro river deserves Water Conservation Order
Tuesday, 26 February 2019, 9:33 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says it's important the Ngaruroro river is recognised and protected for its outstanding values. More >>
Trawling in Hector's habitat must end
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 12:59 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is demanding an end to trawling in Hector’s dolphin habitat, following the deaths of three more of the endangered dolphins on Monday, as announced by Fisheries Inshore NZ. More >>
Forest & Bird supports School Strike 4 Climate
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 2:09 pm | Forest And Bird
New Zealand’s largest independent conservation organisation is throwing its weight behind the young people striking from school on 15 March to demand action on climate change. More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes end to tenure review
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 4:10 pm | Forest And Bird
An end to tenure review is a vital reprieve for some of New Zealand’s most endangered species, says Forest & Bird. “We’ve argued for many years that not only is tenure review a spectacularly bad deal for New Zealanders, it’s been terrible for ... More >>
Four endangered sea lions dead in nets in one week
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 12:53 pm | Forest And Bird
Four endangered NZ sea lions have been killed in commercial fishing nets in one week, making this the third day in a row endangered animals have been confirmed dead at the hands of the commercial fishing industry. More >>
Five endangered albatross die on one long line
Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 11:03 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is appalled to learn that five critically threatened Antipodean albatross have died in a single long lining incident, only 24 hours after revelations that four endangered Hectors dolphins were killed in a trawl net. More >>
More dolphin deaths, still no cameras on boats
Monday, 11 February 2019, 2:18 pm | Forest And Bird
The death of four Hector’s dolphins in fishing nets in December shows why fishing boats need cameras, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Fishing letter reveals industry opposition to transparency
Thursday, 7 February 2019, 10:36 am | Forest And Bird
A letter from fishing industry heavyweights to Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash reveals the extent of pressure to prevent cameras on boats, at the same time the industry was running an advertising campaign promising greater transparency. More >>
Have your say on the fishing industry
Monday, 4 February 2019, 2:58 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the public has a chance to tell the Government to sort out the fishing industry in a consultation process announced by the Minister of Fisheries today. More >>
Aerial images show wetlands on private land disappearing
Saturday, 2 February 2019, 11:17 am | Forest And Bird
To mark World Wetlands Day (February 2), Forest & Bird is releasing aerial images of wetlands disappearing on private land at an alarming rate. More >>
Locals raise environmental risks from ‘Coromandel Gateway’
Thursday, 20 December 2018, 3:13 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is urging the government to consider the toxic heavy metals that would be released from seabed dredging for the Coromandel Gateway Proposal. More >>
Recovery of Russell Forest begins
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 10:14 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the results of an aerial 1080 operation in Northland’s Russell Forest show how effective the tool is in knocking down the predators that kill native wildlife and cause native forest collapse. More >>
Inquiry reveals mining regulator captured by industry
Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 5:09 pm | Forest And Bird
The Government agency charged with regulating mining under the Crown Minerals Act has been captured by industry, the State Services Commission (SSC) inquiry into private spies Thompson and Clark revealed today. More >>
Call to close fishery before crayfish disappear forever
Sunday, 16 December 2018, 1:39 pm | Forest And Bird
The Minister of Fisheries is tinkering around the edges of crayfish management while the crayfish population on Auckland’s doorstep collapses towards extinction, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Weka on Parliament steps was shot with .22 gun
Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 1:18 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling on anti-1080 protestors to tell police who shot the weka left on Parliament steps at an anti-1080 rally on 12th September. According to a summary of official autopsy reports, released under the Official Information ... More >>
Legal action likely over failed biodiversity protection
Friday, 30 November 2018, 3:40 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is considering legal action in response to Hutt City Council’s decision to abandon plans to protect significant native habitat on private land. More >>
DOC sides with Forest & Bird on wetland mining decision
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 5:32 pm | Forest And Bird
The Department of Conservation has sided with Forest & Bird in a bid to protect a significant wetland from being mined without public notification, and Forest & Bird says they are delighted to see DOC take a stand. More >>
Yellow-eyed penguin nests down 12%
Friday, 16 November 2018, 10:35 am | Forest And Bird
The ongoing decline in yellow-eyed penguin nests on mainland New Zealand is cause for alarm and demands unequivocal action from the government and the fishing industry, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Biodiversity consensus a game-changer for NZ
Thursday, 25 October 2018, 2:12 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the Government has been handed a once in a lifetime chance to halt and reverse the serious decline of New Zealand’s native wildlife, with the official handover today of a draft National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity. More >>
