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Kakariki scoops Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 11:12 am | Forest And Bird
New Zealand’s bright green parrot – the kakariki – has won this year’s Forest & Bird poll for Bird of the Year. More >>
Bladder kelp quota should be zero
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 4:56 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird believes Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley is endangering coastal marine ecosystems by announcing today commercial harvesting quotas for bladder kelp. More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes water consensus
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 1:53 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird welcomes the report of the Land and Water Forum (LWF) released today. More >>
Commissioner right: conservation should come first
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 12:54 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird welcomes the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report about mining on conservation land as a reasoned and rational way of ensuring mining does not compromise conservation. More >>
Forest & Bird disappointed at Nevis River appeal
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 9:30 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is disappointed that Pioneer Generation is appealing the decision by a special tribunal to forbid dams on the Nevis River in Central Otago. More >>
Less talk, Vote Morepork
Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 4:54 pm | Forest And Bird
If you are still asking yourself who to vote for in Forest and Bird Bird of the Year poll, stop asking ‘Who? Who?’, vote Ruru. More >>
Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year poll opens
Monday, 13 September 2010, 10:37 am | Forest And Bird
Musician Don McGlashan and filmmaker Taika Waititi will be trumpeting the virtues of their favourite bird in Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year poll which opens today (September 13th). More >>
Forest & Bird join artists to save the Mackenzie
Friday, 20 August 2010, 3:17 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird and a group of prominent New Zealand artists came together today to highlight the growing development threats to the Mackenzie Country, one of the jewels in the crown of our natural heritage. More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes Government’s mining call
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 12:03 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird welcomes the Government’s decision to maintain the protection of New Zealand’s core conservation land as a victory for the environment and the people of New Zealand. More >>
Economic case for mining does not stack up
Monday, 19 July 2010, 1:59 pm | Forest And Bird
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird says the Government’s economic arguments to justify mining New Zealand’s most precious conservation land do not stack up. More >>
Proposed hunting council bad for native forests
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 1:38 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird says a proposed hunting council is unbalanced, and would damage forests and plants on public conservation land. More >>
Forest & Bird seeks action on sea lions’ status
Friday, 18 June 2010, 4:28 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird wants the Government to take greater steps to protect New Zealand sea lions after it was announced today that sea lions are now considered threatened with extinction. More >>
Water groups exclude environmental voice
Monday, 31 May 2010, 3:46 pm | Forest And Bird
Water groups exclude environmental voice Forest & Bird is concerned that Environment Canterbury has started stacking new river groups by excluding anyone with environmental expertise. The first local committee – looking at the Hurunui and Waiau river catchments, ... More >>
Forest & Bird delivers 4000 anti-mining submission
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 4:07 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird and other environmental organisations today handed over about 4000 anti-mining submissions to the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) in Wellington. More >>
Forest & Bird calls for action over dolphins
Wednesday, 19 May 2010, 5:06 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird calls on the Ministers of Fisheries and Conservation to better protect New Zealand’s endangered Hector’s dolphins following news of two dolphin deaths in fishing nets, kept quiet by the Government until today. More >>
Forest & Bird applauds new Oteake Conservation
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 3:53 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird welcomes the opening of the new Oteake Conservation Park in Central Otago today by Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson. More >>
Key’s funding contradiction highlighted
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 2:30 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird believes Prime Minister John Key should match the funding boost to the tourism industry with better protection of the stunning natural landscapes tourists come to see. More >>
Forest & Bird backs better coastal planning
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 2:37 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird calls on the Minister of Conservation to better protect New Zealand’s coastline by following up on a report the Government refuses to release. More >>
Tenure review halt needed to protect native plants
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 3:21 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling for a halt to farm tenure review in the Mackenzie Basin, after a Landcare Research report said intensive farming in the past decade has wiped out more native plants than at any time since Europeans arrived. More >>
Forest & Bird to appeal Mokihinui dam
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 2:30 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird has lodged an appeal against the massive dam Meridian Energy wants to build on the pristine Mokihinui River. More >>
