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Forest & Bird praises Air NZ shark fin suspension
Friday, 24 May 2013, 9:32 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has been talking with Air New Zealand since early May about banning transportation of shark fins. This announcement follows a news item last Sunday (May 19), in which the airline was criticised for having flown shark fins. More >>
Minister’s OK to mine Denniston Plateau disaster for nature
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 12:49 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is devastated that Conservation Minister Nick Smith has today opened the door for an Australian company to mine ecologically significant conservation land on Denniston Plateau. More >>
Wider set net ban needed to save yellow-eyed penguins
Sunday, 19 May 2013, 11:39 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling for an extension to a ban on commercial and recreational set-netting around Otago Peninsula, following the release of an international review that has found that set nets kill 400,000 seabirds around the world every year. More >>
DOC job cuts threaten unique species and places
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 3:10 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is concerned that the protection of our unique species and places will suffer once today’s job cuts have been implemented, as the Department of Conservation (DOC) will have lost ten per cent of its workforce in just the last year. More >>
Smaller Funding Cuts a Sign Government Is Listening
Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 9:05 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says today’s pre-budget announcement that the ongoing funding cuts to the Department of Conservation won’t be as deep as planned is a positive sign. More >>
Plan to save seabirds heralds changes to fishing practises
Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 11:45 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is welcoming the release of a government-approved statement of intent to save native seabirds, including endangered albatrosses and petrels, from being killed by commercial and non-commercial fishing activity. More >>
Feedback ignored in rush to restructure DOC
Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 2:13 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the timing of today’s announcement confirming the Department of Conservation’s initial restructuring plans shows that the 12 working day consultation process for staff and stakeholders was a sham. More >>
Outstanding upper Hurunui catchment safe at last
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 7:27 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is welcoming a decision by a set of independent commissioners – accepted by Environment Canterbury today - that will ensure that the pristine Upper Hurunui catchment in North Canterbury, including Lake Sumner and the South Branch, ... More >>
Upper Hurunui: Outstanding catchment safe at last
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 5:43 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is welcoming a decision by a set of independent commissioners – accepted by Environment Canterbury today - that will ensure that the pristine Upper Hurunui catchment in North Canterbury, including Lake Sumner and the South Branch, will be ... More >>
PCE's Report Vindicates Campaign to Save Native Eels
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 10:30 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has welcomed today's report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE), Dr Jan Wright, that concludes that a moratorium on the commercial harvesting of the native longfin eel is needed, if the species is to be saved from ... More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes new marine reserve
Monday, 15 April 2013, 9:55 am | Forest And Bird
The announcement of the approval of a new marine reserve in Akaroa Harbour by the Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith, was welcomed today by conservation organisation Forest & Bird. More >>
Thousands of Kiwis show their love for DOC
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 1:46 pm | Forest And Bird
Messages of support from thousands of New Zealanders are being stuck onto Department of Conservation office windows across the country, as part of a national Love DOC Day today. More >>
Love DOC Day declared for tomorrow
Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 9:00 am | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird is asking New Zealanders to show their support for the Department of Conservation on a Love DOC Day this Thursday. More >>
Latest DOC Cuts Threaten Endangered Kakapo Recovery
Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 8:23 am | Forest And Bird
1 April 2013 - Wellington Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Latest DOC Cuts Threaten Endangered Kakapo Recovery The proposed loss of 140 frontline Department of Conservation staff announced last week will have a significant impact on the recovery ... More >>
Denniston fight not over, says Forest & Bird
Thursday, 28 March 2013, 10:03 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has vowed to continue fighting the Bathurst Resources proposal for a 150ha open-cast mine on the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau. More >>
DOC job cuts even worse than thought
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 12:46 pm | Forest And Bird
26 March 2013 Forest & Bird media release DOC job cuts even worse than thought Forest & Bird is disappointed that even more Department of Conservation jobs will be lost than expected. DOC plans to cut 140 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions, ... More >>
DOC job cuts even worse than thought
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 12:46 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is disappointed that even more Department of Conservation jobs will be lost than expected. More >>
DOC staff cuts will threaten wildlife, says Forest & Bird
Monday, 25 March 2013, 9:19 am | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird says a Department of Conservation plan to lay off frontline staff in favour of recruiting volunteers will have serious impacts on the wildlife and landscapes DOC exists to protect. More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes essence of freshwater reform
Saturday, 9 March 2013, 4:53 pm | Forest And Bird
9 March 2013 – Wellington Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Forest & Bird welcomes essence of freshwater reform Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird welcomes most of the government’s freshwater reform proposals ... More >>
RMA onslaught must stop, warns Forest & Bird
Thursday, 28 February 2013, 12:54 pm | Forest And Bird
RMA onslaught must stop, warns Forest & Bird Environment Minister Amy Adams’ latest Resource Management Act reform proposals, published for discussion today, are a head-on assault on the Act and must be stopped, says Forest & Bird. “New ... More >>
