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 17]
Big budget boost for nature
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 5:54 pm | Forest And Bird
For the first time, the Department of Conservation’s Natural Heritage budget (inflation adjusted) has increased beyond 08/09 baseline levels, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Forest & Bird congratulates Beef + Lamb NZ
Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 11:41 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is aplauding Beef + Lamb NZ for its new commitment to a carbon neutral industry by 2050. More >>
Ten-fold increase in predator control great
Saturday, 12 May 2018, 11:03 am | Forest And Bird
Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage has announced an increase in conservation funding that will enable nearly ten times more of New Zealand's conservation forests to be managed for predators. More >>
One farmer destroys nearly 30% of threatened plant habitat
Monday, 30 April 2018, 9:16 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has applied for Court enforcement orders after a farmer near Christchurch damaged or killed nearly thirty percent of the national population of an extremely rare and threatened plant. The vast majority of Muehlenbeckia astonii , or shrubby ... More >>
Forest & Bird at Te Waikoropupū Springs hearing on Friday
Thursday, 26 April 2018, 6:20 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird will argue that no more water should be taken from Te Waikoropupū Springs, at a Special Tribunal hearing for a Water Conservation Order this Friday in Golden Bay. More >>
Seabed mining appeal in Wellington High Court, Monday
Friday, 13 April 2018, 3:47 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird will be appearing in a four day hearing starting Monday 16 April, to appeal a controversial Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) decision to allow seabed mining in the habitat of critically endangered blue whales. More >>
Block offer decision a victory for NZ's seas
Thursday, 12 April 2018, 11:00 am | Forest And Bird
Government intentions to end offshore oil exploration is a huge step forward in protecting ocean wildlife from oil spills, seismic testing, and is an important contribution in the fight against climate change, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Irrigation announcement a victory for our rivers
Friday, 6 April 2018, 11:33 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is claiming a victory for our rivers, following government confirmation that large-scale irrigation schemes will no longer receive taxpayer funding. More >>
Forest & Bird appealing High Court decision
Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 11:34 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is appealing a High Court decision that the Crown Minerals Act trumps the Reserves Act when considering open cast mining on a publicly owned reserve. More >>
New footage shows destroyed penguin habitat...
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 12:19 pm | Forest And Bird
As tropical Cyclone Hola looks set to hit New Zealand, Forest & Bird is revealing the enormous toll climate change has had on our native species this summer. More >>
MPI is failing the country's native forests: Forest & Bird
Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 2:45 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says that the Ministry for Primary Industries is failing the country's native forests, and a dedicated, independent, and fully-funded biosecurity agency is urgently needed. In the same morning that MPI lifted a Controlled Area Notice ... More >>
Aquifer recharge an "ambulance at the bottom of the cliff"
Friday, 23 February 2018, 1:51 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is warning that funding for a managed aquifer recharge project is an “ambulance at the bottom of the cliff”. More >>
MPI fails to notice major dolphin bycatch error
Thursday, 22 February 2018, 11:23 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says there are serious questions to be answered by the Ministry for Primary Industries after the agency confirmed that 39 dolphin captures reported last year was actually a coding error. More >>
Council closer to closing tracks for kauri protection
Tuesday, 20 February 2018, 3:56 pm | Forest And Bird
After months of calling for full closure of the Waitakere Ranges to stop the spread of kauri dieback disease, conservation groups are optimistic that the regional park will finally be closed in May. More >>
NZ sea lion dies in trawl net
Thursday, 15 February 2018, 3:22 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says a critically endangered New Zealand sea lion has drowned in a squid trawl net, and its death is further proof that so-called escape devices in commercial fishing nets don’t always work. Forest & Bird Oceans Advocate, Anton ... More >>
Council hampering release of information on Mangroves Bill
Thursday, 15 February 2018, 11:19 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is frustrated one of the councils wanting to be exempted from environmental regulation when carrying out mangrove removal, has failed to provide relevant information sought by the conservation organisation. Thames-Coromandel District Council and Hauraki ... More >>
MSC certified NZ fisheries killing endangered birds
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 9:53 am | Forest And Bird
Over sixty global organisations have singled out two major New Zealand fisheries in a letter to the Marine Stewardship Council, heavily criticising the agency for certifying fisheries as sustainable, despite their destructive environmental impacts. More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes DOC joining legal appeal of coal mine
Friday, 19 January 2018, 12:32 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is welcoming the Department of Conservation’s decision to join the appeal of the Te Kuha coal mine project. More >>
Minister rejects industry plan to hide dead dolphins from NZ
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 2:57 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is welcoming the call by Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash to reject a fishing industry proposal to exempt footage from fishing boats from the Official Information Act. More >>
Fishing industry seeks to hide dead dolphins, penguins
Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 7:04 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has released images of dead dolphins, NZ sea lions, and yellow-eyed penguins along with a letter from key leaders in the fishing industry to the Ministry of Primary Industries seeking to prevent the public from ever seeing similar images ... More >>
