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Bird Of The Century Voting Opens Next Week
Friday, 27 October 2023, 10:16 am | Forest And Bird
Prepare for ruffled feathers! New Zealanders will head to the polls next week for the most anticipated election of the year. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2310/25e9647e3d776b5cad00.jpeg" width="720" height="450"> Top, left to right: Huia by ... More >>
Groups Unanimous: Urgent Action And Investment Needed To Tackle Out-of-control Browsing Pests
Friday, 29 September 2023, 6:17 am | Forest And Bird
Farmers, foresters and conservationists are all calling on political parties to commit to controlling the large mobs of browsing pests such as deer, goats, pigs, and wallabies now common across New Zealand. Federated Farmers, the New Zealand Institute ... More >>
Celebrating 100 Years Of Conservation Volunteers
Friday, 8 September 2023, 4:26 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has teamed up with 26 New Zealand writers and artists to shine a light on the importance of volunteers working at-place to restore nature for future generations. Launching on 8 September, the 26 Forest & Bird Centennial project ... More >>
Continued Call For Complete Ban On Bottom Trawling In Tīkapa Moana Hauraki Gulf
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 4:30 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling on everyone who cares about the Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana to tell the Government that no bottom trawling in the marine park is acceptable, after the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries announced the start of consultation on ... More >>
Report Into Kiwi Deaths At Cape Sanctuary Is Long Overdue
Tuesday, 22 August 2023, 1:22 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird welcomes a report into kiwi deaths at Cape Sanctuary released today by the Department of Conservation (DOC) but questions why it has taken five years for it to act. In 2018 Forest & Bird contacted the Department of Conservation ... More >>
Court Win For Future Of Fish
Friday, 11 August 2023, 5:32 am | Forest And Bird
A Forest & Bird win in the Court of Appeal today sends a clear message that the Government must put science and sustainability first in making fisheries catch limit decisions. This comes a day after another significant oceans win with tripled ... More >>
Tripled Protection Big Win For Tīkapa Moana Hauraki Gulf
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 1:18 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling on all political parties to back legislation to increase protection in the Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana, saying the 19 new protected areas are a big step towards a target of protecting 30% of New Zealand’s only marine ... More >>
Forest & Bird Announces Top Honours Across Aotearoa For 2023
Sunday, 30 July 2023, 6:27 am | Forest And Bird
Sunday 30 July 2023 Forest & Bird has announced the winners of the organisation's top honours at its awards dinner last night. These include: Distinguished Life Member award | Kevin Hague (West Coast, Te Tai Poutini) Distinguished Life Member award ... More >>
Bird of the Year becomes Bird of the Century to celebrate 100 years of Forest & Bird
Saturday, 29 July 2023, 1:16 pm | Forest And Bird
Forget Bird of the Year. In 2023, the stakes are even higher. Introducing: Bird of the Century. The world's favourite avian election will be themed to celebrate Forest & Bird’s centenary, chief executive Nicola Toki announced this morning ... More >>
Hauraki Gulf Alliance Petitions Parliament To Protect Marine Park From Destructive Fishing Practices
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 5:19 pm | Forest And Bird
Tomorrow, a diverse range of recreational fishing, environmental, law, corporate and business organisations united as the Hauraki Gulf Alliance will deliver a petition calling for bottom trawling, scallop dredging, and Danish seining to be banned from ... More >>
Call For Moratorium On New Mines On Conservation Land After Labour Fails To Fulfil Its Promise
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 9:34 am | Forest And Bird
The Government has failed to support a Bill which would have ended new mines on conservation land. Forest & Bird says that is a broken promise which will threaten native species and allow further extraction of coal in the middle of a climate ... More >>
Hector’s Dolphin Death Highlights Need For Stronger Bycatch Rules
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 5:48 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird are saddened to hear that the necropsy of a Hector’s dolphin – which was killed in a net off the Otago Coast at the end of April – has been identified as a female of the 'nationally vulnerable’ species. “This death is ... More >>
Government Budget Leaves New Zealanders At Continued Risk From Climate Crisis
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 5:29 pm | Forest And Bird
There is nothing transformational in the budget, when it comes to protecting New Zealanders’ lives, lifestyles, and livelihoods from climate change and biodiversity loss, Forest & Bird says in response to today's Budget. “Keeping New Zealanders ... More >>
Hundreds Turn Out To Oppose Hauraki Gulf Bottom Trawling
Sunday, 23 April 2023, 12:59 pm | Forest And Bird
A flotilla of crafts surrounding a massive ‘ban bottom trawling’ banner has gathered just off Mission Bay in Auckland this morning in a show of mass opposition to bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf marine park. Hundreds of people turned out ... More >>
Public Event Opposing Hauraki Gulf Trawling Going Ahead Sunday
Friday, 21 April 2023, 3:27 pm | Forest And Bird
A public event calling for an end to bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf will go ahead at Auckland’s Mission Bay this Sunday 23 April , culminating in a floating ‘ban bottom trawling’ banner being deployed and met by a flotilla of boats, kayaks ... More >>
Pivotal Court Win Against Coal
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 11:40 am | Forest And Bird
An Environment Court decision against a new proposed West Coast coal mine is a massive win for the climate and biodiversity, says Forest & Bird. The pivotal ruling is against a new opencast coal mine on a pristine mountaintop at Te Kuha near Westport. ... More >>
Forest & Bird Joins Whangaroa Hapū In Condemning Mining Threat
Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 6:53 pm | Forest And Bird
Concerned Whangaroa hapū members and Forest & Bird representatives have gathered at two locations in Northland to speak out against the threat of mining in the area. People protested on public conservation land, which is among the last ... More >>
Local And Central Government Need To Get On With Fixing The Freshwater Crisis
Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 2:50 pm | Forest And Bird
A new report backs up Forest & Bird’s view that Cyclone Gabrielle has illustrated the impact of encroaching on floodplains and riverbeds, deforesting our hillsides, and not protecting our wetlands. The organisation is responding to the ... More >>
Auckland Council Admits It Doesn’t Know The Impact Of Its Own Budget Cuts
Friday, 31 March 2023, 10:16 am | Forest And Bird
Auckland Council has proposed significant budget cuts without assessing the potential impacts on the region’s environment and climate change efforts, an official response reveals. No assessment was made as Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown never asked for one, ... More >>
Political Leadership Needed To Reverse Extinction Trends
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 3:13 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says environmental indicator reporting today by Stats NZ is sobering, and shows how a whole-of-Government approach is needed to prevent New Zealand from remaining the extinction capital of the world. “This is a damning report and, ... More >>
