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New report shows coal has no role
Thursday, 22 May 2014, 10:31 am | Forest And Bird
New report shows coal has no role Forest & Bird says a significant new report released this morning shows that Bathurst Resource’s planned open cast coal mine on the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau is not just in the wrong place but that coal ... More >>
Government went too far for RMA reforms to proceed
Monday, 19 May 2014, 8:35 pm | Forest And Bird
Government went too far for RMA reforms to proceed Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird says the government’s failure to get support for its major reforms of the Resource Management Act are a signal those reforms went too far. Prime Minister ... More >>
Extra money to save kauri ... but not birds?
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 4:30 pm | Forest And Bird
Extra money to save kauri ... but not birds? Forest & Bird is welcoming the commitment of $25 million over four years in today’s budget to combat the spread of kauri dieback disease. But the independent conservation organisation is questioning why ... More >>
Renewed gold mining threat to Central North Island
Friday, 9 May 2014, 4:31 pm | Forest And Bird
Kokako Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird says Central North Island land next to Mt Tarawera is more valuable as it is than as it would be as a gold mine. Simon Bridges today announced that a mining company will be able to ... More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes Labour environment policy
Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 9:09 am | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird welcomes the Labour Party’s new environment policy announcements, and supports the party’s view that the quality of New Zealand’s environment is integral to the country’s economic wellbeing. More >>
Bay of Islands marine reserves long overdue
Friday, 2 May 2014, 9:30 am | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird is welcoming a proposal from a local community group for two marine reserves to be created in the Bay of Islands. More >>
Huge oil and gas “garage sale” comes at real cost to nature
Wednesday, 2 April 2014, 3:48 pm | Forest And Bird
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird says the sell-off of deep-sea drilling rights in some of New Zealand’s deepest waters and onshore oil and gas drilling and fracking rights in some of New Zealand’s most valuable areas of native forest could come ... More >>
Environment Court finds Hawea vegetation clearance illegal
Friday, 28 March 2014, 4:22 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is welcoming the Environment Court finding that land recently cleared of native vegetation at Hawea in Central Otago breached the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s district plan. More >>
Overall marine protection still amounts to little
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 12:32 pm | Forest And Bird
Prospect of new marine reserve welcomed, but overall protection still amounts to little Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird is welcoming the news that the government is acting to speed up the implementation of a package of marine ... More >>
Squid fishing halt needed to protect sea lions
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 11:52 am | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird says the government must immediately close the squid fishery around the Auckland Islands, following the release of data that shows sea lion pup numbers there are falling dramatically. “The facts ... More >>
Forest & Bird alarmed at second sea lion death
Tuesday, 4 March 2014, 9:14 am | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird is calling for the squid fishing industry to use more sustainable methods after the death of a second endangered New Zealand sea lion in a fishing net in the first five weeks of the squid fishing ... More >>
Forest & Bird says large-scale marine protection needed
Monday, 3 March 2014, 12:54 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the announcement of new marine reserves around three Sub-Antarctic Islands is positive news but the real figures about New Zealand’s marine protection are an international embarrassment. Conservation Minister Nick Smith says the new ... More >>
Forest & Bird calls for permanent stop to Denniston mine
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 2:38 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling on Bathurst Resources not to start the destructive preparatory work on its planned open cast coal mine on the Denniston Plateau, following the news the company is delaying the project indefinitely. More >>
Forest & Bird condemns death of endangered sea lion
Monday, 10 February 2014, 12:08 pm | Forest And Bird
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird is disappointed to learn about the death of an endangered New Zealand sea lion in a squid fishing net in January. The news was released late on Friday, February 7. More >>
Government must fund DOC’s 1080 boost to save native species
Thursday, 30 January 2014, 9:38 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird, New Zealand’s largest conservation charity, says an increase in 1080 predator control operations announced by the Department of Conservation is a fitting response to the grave threat posed by this year’s massive crop of seeds ... More >>
‘Extinct’ bird may be alive
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 11:23 am | Forest And Bird
‘Extinct’ bird may be alive Forest & Bird is welcoming the news that the South Island kokako – declared extinct in 2007 - could still be alive. An apparent sighting of a South Island kokako has recently been accepted by the Ornithological ... More >>
Forest & Bird signs Denniston reserve agreement
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 9:13 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has decided not to appeal an Environment Court decision allowing an open-cast coal mine on the Denniston Plateau, and has reached an agreement that will ensure at least some of the plateau is protected for the sake of the native plants ... More >>
Cleaner rivers a step closer
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 3:44 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says a set of draft national standards on freshwater quality, released today, are a good first step towards bringing New Zealand’s rivers and lakes back to how New Zealanders expect them to be. More >>
Mohua crowned Bird of the Year
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 6:15 pm | Forest And Bird
The mohua (yellowhead) has been crowned Bird of the Year Forest & Bird’s ninth annual poll. More >>
Forest & Bird concerned at DOC’s Denniston statement
Friday, 25 October 2013, 3:30 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the Department of Conservation’s defence today of its failure to protect the Denniston Plateau is a concern for all New Zealanders. More >>
