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PCE's report on native bird crisis points to agency failure
Wednesday, 31 May 2017, 2:33 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE’s) report on native birds makes clear that New Zealand’s environment is in crisis, with four out of every five native birds heading for extinction. More >>
New Zealand set to blow its carbon budget by 27%
Friday, 26 May 2017, 4:41 pm | Forest And Bird
The Government’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory, released today, shows New Zealand is set to release 647.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions between 2013 and 2020 – 137 million tonnes more than we are allowed under the Kyoto Protocol. “Just a day ... More >>
Budget delivers $12 million less for native wildlife
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 5:33 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has calculated that the 2017/18 budget has delivered a $12 million real term reduction in the Department of Conservation’s core biodiversity funding. More >>
MPI & industry keep quiet on two more NZ sea lion deaths
Sunday, 21 May 2017, 12:47 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the Ministry for Primary Industries and the fishing industry is once again playing un derhanded games, this time over two newly reported NZ sea lion deaths. The environmental organisation says MPI and the fishing industry appear ... More >>
New Buller coal mines could emit the CO2 of 3 million cars
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 11:17 am | Forest And Bird
New Buller coal mines could emit the CO2 of 3 million cars 18 May 2017 More >>
Water standards consultation a shambles
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 9:57 pm | Forest And Bird
Water standards consultation a shambles 11 May 2017 Forest & Bird is calling the Government’s consultation process for freshwater standards a complete shambles, in the face of new scientific analysis that shows the new proposed standard for swimmability ... More >>
DOC’s tourism money welcome, but needed for saving species
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 1:22 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says more funding for the Department of Conservation to deal with the impacts of tourism is a useful start, but it’s not enough and it won’t help our struggling threatened species. More >>
Govt’s Threatened Species Strategy given 4 out of 10
Wednesday, 10 May 2017, 4:03 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has given the Government’s new Threatened Species Strategy a four out of ten, saying it will not do enough to reverse the crisis affecting New Zealand’s native species. More >>
Government could use new powers to push through coal mining
Monday, 8 May 2017, 9:50 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is warning that draconian new powers the government has given itself under the Resource Management Act, or even new special legislation, could be used to push through controversial new coal mining plans. More >>
Kea recovery plan welcome, but more funding needed
Sunday, 30 April 2017, 8:52 pm | Forest And Bird
30 April 2017 Forest & Bird is welcoming a proposal from the Department of Conservation to develop a recovery plan for kea, but warns it will fail without new money for conservation. More >>
Govt's water plan will drive species to extinction
Friday, 28 April 2017, 8:13 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the Government is ignoring the needs of the threatened species that live in our waterways and misleading the country with claims it will make rivers swimmable again. In a submission today on the Clean Water Package, Forest & Bird ... More >>
New report reinforces need for urgent action on rivers
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 12:08 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling for a comprehensive government package to restore our declining rivers and lakes, in the face of overwhelming evidence that they are in serious trouble. More >>
Native forests threatened by myrtle rust
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 10:39 am | Forest And Bird
The arrival of myrtle rust, threatening some of New Zealand’s most precious native trees, shows the kind of impact climate change could have on the country, says Forest and Bird. Myrtle rust, or Puccinia psidii , is a fungus with spores that are spread ... More >>
Critically endangered sea lion dead in trawl net
Monday, 27 March 2017, 4:14 pm | Forest And Bird
Only seven weeks into the squid fishing season, a female sea lion has been killed in a trawl net, despite the fishing industry and Ministry of Primary Industries' assurances that squid boats don’t endanger the New Zealand sea lion population. ... More >>
OECD report recommends commercial water charges
Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 12:44 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the OECD’s report on New Zealand's environmental performance makes clear that the Government must act to protect the country's water, native species, and climate, and stop favouring short-term private interests over environmental health. More >>
Forest & Bird pulls out of Land and Water Forum
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 9:31 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has written to Environment Minister Nick Smith and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy to advise that the organisation’s Board has decided to withdraw from the Land and Water Forum. More >>
Maps show most NZ rivers are excluded from swimming standard
Saturday, 4 March 2017, 8:20 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has released a series of maps showing that the majority of New Zealand’s rivers and streams will not be covered by any swimmability standard, under the Government’s proposed new water quality measures. More >>
Forest & Bird to defend New Zealand’s conservation land
Sunday, 26 February 2017, 4:12 pm | Forest And Bird
26 February 2017 Environmental organisation Forest & Bird will argue in New Zealand’s highest court that specially protected conservation land belongs to New Zealanders and to nature, and can’t be traded away for commercial development. More >>
Minister muddying waters with accusations of “junk science”
Friday, 24 February 2017, 4:25 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says that Environment Minister Nick Smith’s claim that criticism of the government’s proposed swimming standard is based on “junk science”, doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. More >>
“Swimmable” rivers five times more likely to make you sick
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 3:13 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has condemned the government’s new water quality standards, warning New Zealanders that they lock in current levels of water pollution and allow for a 5-fold increase in the chance of getting sick from swimming in a river. More >>
