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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 >>
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 >>
