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New dairy farmers’ accord misses key lesson
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 1:48 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird cautiously welcomes Dairy NZ’s announcement of a draft new Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord today, for its commitment to engaging all dairy farmers to adopt best practice standards to improve water quality standards. More >>
Dairy polluters still a problem a decade on
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 11:34 am | Forest And Bird
Independent nature conservation group Forest & Bird is disappointed at the number of dairy farmers still seriously mistreating waterways after a decade of the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord. More >>
Hundreds of native bats discovered in new colony
Monday, 4 February 2013, 10:47 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is thrilled that a large colony of endangered South Island long-tailed bats has been discovered during a January survey on D’Urville Island, in the Marlborough Sounds. The D’Urville population is estimated to number in the hundreds. The colony ... More >>
Irrigation subsidies will leave country worse off
Friday, 25 January 2013, 4:55 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the private industrial irrigation schemes that the Government plans to spend $400 million of taxpayer’s money on over the next four years will leave this country worse off, not better. More >>
Birdman Wellington makes a big splash
Tuesday, 22 January 2013, 10:44 am | Forest And Bird
Taranaki Wharf came alive yesterday with thousands of people turning out to watch the iconic Birdman Wellington competition. Over 40 people jumped from the make-shift “airstrip” on the wharf and jumped into the harbour wearing handmade flying costumes ... More >>
Forest & Bird concerned at giant salmon farms decision
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 2:54 pm | Forest And Bird
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird is concerned that a significant area of the Marlborough Sounds will be ruined by four large salmon farms given the go-ahead by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). More >>
Denniston Plateau’s last day in Court
Monday, 17 December 2012, 2:26 pm | Forest And Bird
The four-week hearing to save the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau from an open-cast coal mine will come to end tomorrow. Forest & Bird has been leading the Environment Court appeal that began last month, against resource consents to develop a 190ha ... More >>
Forest & Bird challenges Govt to heed AG’s DOC report
Thursday, 13 December 2012, 12:54 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird media release: Forest & Bird challenges Government to heed Auditor-General’s report on DOC Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird challenges the Government to act on a report from the Auditor-General this week ... More >>
Controversial RMA changes bad for trees, communities
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 2:59 pm | Forest And Bird
The Resource Management Amendment Bill 2012, to have its first reading in Parliament this afternoon, is being called non-controversial by Minister Amy Adams, but is of serious concern for urban trees, birdlife, and communities wanting a say in their ... More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes fishing change to protect albatrosses
Friday, 7 December 2012, 11:03 am | Forest And Bird
An agreement made at a conference in the Philippines is great news for the several albatross species that raise their young in New Zealand, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Forest & Bird backs PCE’s caution on fracking
Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 3:17 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is urging the authorities to adopt a precautionary approach to fracking because much more needs to be known about its environmental impacts and how New Zealand should regulate the practice before approval for more fracking operations ... More >>
The Co-operative Bank off to flying start for Birdman 2013
Friday, 23 November 2012, 10:05 am | Forest And Bird
Registrations for Birdman Wellington are now open and the team at The Co-operative Bank are hoping the early bird in the competition catches the worm. More >>
Court Decision A Victory For High Country Native Plants
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 3:28 pm | Forest And Bird
Court Decision A Victory For High Country Native Plants Forest & Bird says an Environment Court decision is an important win in the fight to protect the significant areas of native plants on land privatised through the badly-imbalanced high country ... More >>
Government urged to take Land and Water Forum’s advice
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 3:14 pm | Forest And Bird
15 November 2012 – Wellington Forest & Bird media release – embargoed till 3pm Thursday Government urged to take Land and Water Forum’s advice Forest & Bird urges the Government to follow the recommendations of a very diverse forum of ... More >>
Forest & Bird calls for submissions on seabird by-catch
Monday, 12 November 2012, 9:57 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird urges people to have a say on a government plan to reduce the numbers of seabirds killed every year by the fishing industry. More >>
Forest & Bird Society supports Save Fiordland
Friday, 9 November 2012, 11:40 am | Forest And Bird
The Royal New Zealand Forest & Bird Society at their South Island Gathering in Invercargill has declared their continuing opposition to the proposed tunnel and monorail in the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area and pledged to support Save Fiordland ... More >>
Forest & Bird’s Denniston Plateau appeal begins
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 11:32 am | Forest And Bird
25 October 2012 – Wellington Forest & Bird media advisory Forest & Bird’s Denniston Plateau appeal begins Forest & Bird’s bid to save the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau from an open-cast coal mine enters the court room on Monday 29 ... More >>
Deepwater oil on the horizon?
Friday, 19 October 2012, 10:02 am | Forest And Bird
News that the government is considering allowing exploratory deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) without consent is alarming, and quite ironic, Forest & Bird Conservation Advocate Claire Browning says. More >>
NZ falcon wins Bird of the Year
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 6:50 pm | Forest And Bird
The New Zealand falcon (karearea) has been crowned Bird of the Year in Forest & Bird’s eighth annual poll. More >>
Nature still reeling from Rena impact
Friday, 5 October 2012, 10:07 am | Forest And Bird
NZ dotterel SMALL_Craig McKenzie.jpgOne year on from the Rena disaster, independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird is still concerned at the ongoing environmental impacts of the oil spill, unrecovered containers and the shipwreck. More >>
