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Energy strategy fails to set new direction
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 1:51 pm | Forest And Bird
The government’s energy policy misses an opportunity and fails in its responsibility to choose a good energy path for New Zealand, Forest and Bird said today. The government today released The New Zealand Energy Strategy, which aims for a 300 percent increase ... More >>
DOC must block open cast mine
Monday, 29 August 2011, 1:35 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird said today the Department of Conservation must refuse access to allow destructive open cast mining on the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau after a report highlighted the unique environment of the area. More >>
Forest & Bird wants unique West Coast environment saved
Friday, 8 July 2011, 11:42 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird announced today its proposal for a reserve on the Denniston and Stockton plateaux to protect the last remaining habitat of several endangered species, outstanding landscapes and unique ecosystems. More >>
Forest & Bird honours North Shore planters
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 4:49 pm | Forest And Bird
Sunday, June 26, 2011 – Wellington Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Forest & Bird honours North Shore planters Forest & Bird has awarded its Golden Spade planting award to its North Shore branch for its project to restore ... More >>
Forest & Bird honours ecologist
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 4:48 pm | Forest And Bird
Sunday, June 26, 2011 – Wellington Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Forest & Bird honours ecologist Freshwater ecologist Dr Mike Joy has been awarded Forest & Bird’s prestigious Old Blue award for his research into freshwater ... More >>
Forest & Bird elects new president
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 4:46 pm | Forest And Bird
Sunday, June 26, 2011 – Wellington Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Forest & Bird elects new president Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird elected Andrew Cutler as its new national president at its annual ... More >>
Forest & Bird and Federated Farmers praise report on 1080
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 12:19 pm | Forest And Bird
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird and Federated Farmers today praised the report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) on the use of 1080. Forest & Bird Conservation Advocate Nicola Vallance said Dr Jan Wright’s well-researched ... More >>
Endangered bats need protection from hydro scheme
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 1:54 pm | Forest And Bird
Critically endangered long-tailed bats living beside Lake Matiri, near Murchison, will be under threat if a hydro-electricity scheme goes ahead, independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird says. “South Island long-tailed bats are as endangered ... More >>
Game council undermines conservation
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 12:45 pm | Forest And Bird
The government’s announcement today that a statutory Game Animal Council will be established confirms Forest & Bird’s fears that conservation of our forests and native wildlife will be undermined. The management on public conservation land of ... More >>
Dairy industry keeps on polluting
Friday, 18 March 2011, 1:37 pm | Forest And Bird
The latest snapshot of the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord highlights the continuing failure of the dairy industry to meet the majority of targets set for 2007, Forest & Bird said today. “We are eight years into the accord and in the 2009/10 snapshot, ... More >>
Forest & Bird calls for halt to Mackenzie tenure review
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 1:29 pm | Forest And Bird
Nature conservation group Forest & Bird is concerned that high country tenure review for two properties in the Mackenzie Country will scupper collaborative work in the region that has just started. Two high country pastoral leases are currently proposed ... More >>
New Zealanders urged to support wild Mokihinui
Wednesday, 2 February 2011, 2:05 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird today launched a campaign to give New Zealanders the chance to urge Meridian Energy to withdraw its proposal to build an 85-metre-high dam on the pristine Mokihinui River on the West Coast. More >>
Coastline up for grabs in aquaculture legislation
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 12:36 pm | Forest And Bird
Our wilderness coastline is under attack from the government’s plans to speed up the development of marine farms, Forest & Bird said today. People concerned about protecting our marine environment and coastal views have only until Friday, February ... More >>
Forest & Bird disgusted by fur seal clubbing
Monday, 6 December 2010, 3:07 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird is disgusted and disappointed by today’s news that 23 fur seals have been found clubbed to death at the popular tourist viewing spot at Ohau Point near Kaikoura. More >>
Coastal marathon for marine sustainability
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 1:19 pm | Forest And Bird
A deepening anxiety about the decline of our coastlines and fisheries and a desire to make a difference is driving 26-year-old Alex Asher on a 2,400 kilometre journey around the North Island’s east coast. More >>
Mackenzie meeting seeks new way forwards
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 2:16 pm | Forest And Bird
A symposium starting tomorrow on the future of the Mackenzie Country offers the chance to kickstart efforts to find less confrontational ways of managing one of our iconic landscapes. More >>
Kokako nesting in Waitakeres after 80 year gap
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 3:00 pm | Forest And Bird
Threatened North Island kokako have been discovered nesting in Auckland’s Waitakere Ranges for the first time in 80 years. More >>
Eradicate wild kiwifruit vines
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 10:50 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird today recommended the eradication of wild kiwifruit vines from the Bay of Plenty region. The call comes as the number of kiwifruit orchards confirmed to be infected with the PSA ( Pseudomonas syringae pathovar actinidiae) vine disease ... More >>
Labour weekend spotlight on saving the Mokihinui
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 11:28 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is joining with Whitewater NZ over Labour weekend to highlight the threat to the pristine beauty and endangered wildlife of the Mokihinui River from Meridian Energy’s planned hydro dam. State-owned Meridian was granted resource ... More >>
Forest & Bird’s new Ruapehu lodge opened
Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 1:31 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird’s new Ruapehu lodge was officially opened today by the Governor-General, Sir Anand Satyanand, and Paramount Chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa, Sir Tumu Te Heuheu. More >>
