Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Forest And Bird for InfoPages here.
Forest And Bird - Latest News [Page 16]
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 >>
MPI includes pest weeds in Billion Trees list
Wednesday, 4 July 2018, 3:28 pm | Forest And Bird
The government agency in charge of biosecurity is promoting pest weed species as part of its Billion Trees programme, including one species that is illegal to sell or propagate and others that ratepayers are spending millions trying to eradicate. More >>
NZ seas worst in world for seabirds eating plastic
Monday, 2 July 2018, 11:44 am | Forest And Bird
The seas around New Zealand are the riskiest in the world for seabirds eating plastic rubbish, Forest & Bird has warned MPs, ahead of Plastic Free July. More >>
Fisheries Minister urged to drop marine protection challenge
Saturday, 23 June 2018, 3:47 pm | Forest And Bird
First steps by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council to protect the Otaiti/Astrolabe Reef are at risk, unless a court case challenging Resource Management Act (RMA) management of our coastal marine area is dropped. Following a High Court judicial ruling last ... More >>
Conservation land saved from coal mine
Saturday, 16 June 2018, 12:47 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is congratulating the Government on today’s announcement protecting pristine conservation land from the proposed opencast Te Kuha coal mine. “This is a hugely significant, forward-thinking decision, that future generations of New ... More >>
Last minute Waitaha-hydro deal biased
Friday, 15 June 2018, 4:27 pm | Forest And Bird
Due process is at risk, says Forest & Bird, in a proposal to build a hydro-electric scheme on conservation land. The Department of Conservation this week began re-consulting submitters with last minute deal sweeteners offered as mitigation for a proposed ... More >>
Nearly 3000 tonnes of fish dumped in 'eco' fisheries
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 7:00 pm | Forest And Bird
Revelations from the latest leaked MPI report show yet another eco-certified fishery appears to have kept its ‘sustainable’ certification by hiding widespread fish-dumping and misleading customers. More >>
Conservation land needs urgent protection from mining
Sunday, 27 May 2018, 10:46 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird welcomes Government moves to ban mines on public conservation land, but says that action needs to be urgent. The intended ban was announced at the opening of Parliament last year, but since then the Department of Conservation has continued ... More >>
Urgent planning for climate change needed
Thursday, 24 May 2018, 11:03 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling for better planning to protect people and wildlife, following a new report on climate change adaptation. More >>
