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Forest And Bird - Latest News [Page 13]

Forest & Bird opposes government funding for Gateway

Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 4:21 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird is urging the government not to fund an environmentally damaging marina development in Coromandel. More >>

Forest & Bird welcomes biodiversity plan

Monday, 5 August 2019, 9:54 am | Forest And Bird

New Zealand faces a stark choice between a “business as usual” march to extinction of 4000 native species or a new Biodiversity Strategy that puts nature at the heart of everything we do. More >>

Giant kokopu hotspot discovered on Waiheke Island

Saturday, 3 August 2019, 11:48 am | Forest And Bird

An “incredibly exciting” find of a new population of native giant kokopu has been made on Waiheke Island. More >>

Call for more marine protection around Auckland

Thursday, 1 August 2019, 2:08 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird is calling on Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage to create more marine reserves around Auckland’s coasts. More >>

Supreme Court decision deals another blow to Te Kuha mine

Friday, 26 July 2019, 5:29 pm | Forest And Bird

The Supreme Court has sided with Forest & Bird and stopped an appeal for the development of an open cast coal mine at Te Kuha. More >>

ECan ignores calls from health and environment NGOs

Thursday, 25 July 2019, 3:03 pm | Forest And Bird

Environment Canterbury is taking dangerous risks with human and environment health by failing to take action on the toxic levels of nitrates in fresh water. More >>

Forest & Bird fights plans for East-West highway

Thursday, 25 July 2019, 9:31 am | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird is trying to stop the NZ Transport Agency ploughing ahead with an Auckland highway that poses a threat to rare native birds and special places. More >>

New Zealand's environment needs RMA review

Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 11:58 am | Forest And Bird

The Resource Management Act has largely failed to protect biodiversity and water quality, and a review is desperately needed to fix the legislation. More >>

Forest & Bird takes court action to protect NZ’s rarest bird

Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 3:16 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird is beginning a court battle to protect the habitat of New Zealand’s most endangered bird, the fairy tern or tara iti. More >>

Agriculture industry needs to step up on climate change

Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 3:18 pm | Forest And Bird

After kicking the can down the road for decades, the Government and agriculture industry have now agreed to a price on agriculture emissions, which is woefully inadequate and won't be implemented until 2025. More >>

New science confirms warming climate bad for forest birds

Monday, 15 July 2019, 10:59 am | Forest And Bird

Kiwi, kākā and whio are just some of the native forest birds at risk of being wiped out as introduced predators increase with climate change. New research from Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research has found that predator-vulnerable native forest birds ... More >>

Appeal Court to hear Motiti coastal marine protection case

Monday, 8 July 2019, 4:01 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird will be in the Court of Appeal Tuesday and Wednesday, defending the ability of regional councils to protect their coastal marine species and habitats from the effects of fishing. “Forest & Bird is pleased the Crown has changed ... More >>

Maps show lack of rat control as predator plague sweeps NZ

Monday, 1 July 2019, 8:55 am | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird’s rat trapping experts have pointed to official maps of this year’s mega-mast, and are pleading with Government and councils to increase their 1080 rat control programmes. More >>

Taupō conservationist wins Forest & Bird youth award

Sunday, 30 June 2019, 10:56 am | Forest And Bird

Sian Moffitt of Taupō has been awarded Forest & Bird’s Te Kaiārahi Rangatahi o te Taiao youth award in recognition of her leadership in developing a desire to protect nature among other young New Zealanders. More >>

DOC takeover rubbish disaster, but where is the money?

Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 5:06 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird is welcoming the Department of Conservation taking over the clean-up of the Fox River rubbish disaster, but is concerned that without additional funding, it will come at the expense of important conservation work on the West Coast. “We’re ... More >>

IWC calls for end to set nets in Maui dolphin zone

Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 1:58 pm | Forest And Bird

The International Whaling Commission is calling on the government to stop commercial fishing with set nets and trawling in the range of Maui dolphins. More >>

NZ demands change to save Maui dolphin

Monday, 17 June 2019, 10:34 am | Forest And Bird

"New Zealand has a clear choice to make. We can change the way we do things and save Maui dolphins, or we can be the generation that allows them to go extinct," Forest & Bird says of DOC and MPI’s just released Threat Management Plan proposals. More >>

Letters reveal Talley effort to prevent seafloor protection

Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 5:00 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird is releasing letters showing Talley’s fishing co, along with other bottom trawling companies, lobbied against seabed protection in the South Pacific. This comes on the eve of Talley’s appearance in court on charges of illegal bottom ... More >>

Cameras on 28 fishing boats a major backdown

Friday, 7 June 2019, 10:57 am | Forest And Bird

The Government’s announcement this morning they’re paying for cameras on 28 fishing boats is yet another major back down to the fishing industry, says Forest & Bird. “Putting cameras on boats in an area that already has near total observer ... More >>

Funding for conservation a step in the right direction

Thursday, 30 May 2019, 4:54 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird is welcoming a budget that devotes new funding and research to protecting and restoring New Zealand’s natural environment. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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