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Landmark court decision protects reserves from mining
Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 5:13 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is celebrating after a win in the Court of Appeal this afternoon which could protect council reserves around the country from mining. The court released a decision this afternoon which means the Buller District Council needs to protect ... More >>
Kererū crowned Bird of the Year for 2018
Monday, 15 October 2018, 9:32 am | Forest And Bird
With a whoosh-whoosh, the kererū has swooped to glory for the first time, in Forest & Bird’s annual Bird of the Year competition. More >>
Government must get tough on climate change
Monday, 8 October 2018, 4:13 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling for the Government to get tough on climate change in the wake of a new report that says global warming can be kept to 1.5deg. “The alternative is catastrophic ecological and economic loss, in return for the short-term profit ... More >>
Workers hit by climate-related job losses need a fair deal
Friday, 5 October 2018, 10:09 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling for workers to be part of the conversation as New Zealand moves to a zero-carbon future with a new economy that supports communities and nature. More >>
Seven years on, marine environment still not protected
Thursday, 4 October 2018, 8:30 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird and the Motiti Rohe Moana Trust say it’s high time the Bay of Plenty Regional Council got on with protecting the marine environment around Motiti Island in the Bay of Plenty, seven years after the Rena disaster. More >>
Death of female Māui’s dolphin a tragic blow
Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 4:38 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is devastated to hear of the death of a suspected female Māui’s dolphin. More >>
No concessions agreed on tahr cull
Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 3:13 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has written to the Department of Conservation and the Deerstalkers Association regarding inaccurate media reports that the hunting lobby has gained concessions on the upcoming tahr cull. More >>
NZers flock to the polls to vote for Bird of the Year
Sunday, 30 September 2018, 12:17 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird’s annual Bird of the Year competition begins Monday, 1 October. Forest & Bird is asking New Zealanders to vote for their favourite native bird in an annual competition that aims to raise awareness of the threats facing some ... More >>
Hoki quota cuts may be too little too late
Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 7:36 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is welcoming a fishing industry commitment to reduce the West Coast hoki quota by 22 percent, but is worried it may have come too late. More >>
Shocking new footage of ghost forest in severe collapse
Friday, 21 September 2018, 2:20 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has today released shocking helicopter footage of rugged Russell State Forest days ahead of an aerial 1080 operation planned to turn around the fortune of this collapsing forest. Footage shows tōtara, northern rātā and pūriri dying ... More >>
New Zealand must take global lead in ocean plastic crisis
Thursday, 20 September 2018, 12:05 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has told Parliament’s Environment Committee this morning that New Zealand must become a global leader in tackling the oceans plastic crisis. More >>
Skyrocketing tahr numbers destroying rare alpine plants
Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 2:34 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says skyrocketing tahr numbers has clearly shown that hunting organisations are not able to adequately control the goat species' population. More >>
Farming is pushing native fish to the brink: new research
Monday, 10 September 2018, 1:54 pm | Forest And Bird
New research out today confirms New Zealand’s native freshwater fish are in dire straits, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Cutting cow numbers a win-win for climate and fresh water
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 10:42 am | Forest And Bird
Cutting the number of farm animals in New Zealand – recommended in a Productivity Commission report out today – is a win-win for the climate and for fresh water, says Forest & Bird. More >>
New research shows cutting methane essential – Forest & Bird
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 4:48 pm | Forest And Bird
New research shows methane - a greenhouse gas which New Zealand produces vast amounts of - is not the benign gas some are trying to paint it as, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Seabed mining decision quashed in High Court
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 5:14 pm | Forest And Bird
New Zealand’s only known population of blue whale has been granted a reprieve from the imminent threat of experimental seabed mining, and conservationists are celebrating. More >>
Native forests provide key to ETS success
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 4:44 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the Government’s plan to use the Emissions Trading Scheme to encourage more native forests is a smart move and will help protect farms, towns and infrastructure from extreme weather events. More >>
Report highlights failure of councils to protect environment
Monday, 13 August 2018, 10:32 am | Forest And Bird
A major new report released today by Forest & Bird reveals regional councils are not properly enforcing the rules in some of our biggest dairy farming regions. More >>
MPI needs to front up on kauri dieback failures
Friday, 10 August 2018, 6:38 pm | Forest And Bird
The Ministry for Primary Industries needs to front up to New Zealanders on the dire state of their Kauri Dieback Programme, following the release of memos from MPI to their Minister. More >>
Officials sabotage protection of conservation land
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 11:21 am | Forest And Bird
In what amounts to political sabotage, officials from New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals are opening new areas to mining prospecting across vast swathes of public conservation land – in spite of the the Government pledge that "there will be no new mines ... More >>
