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Fonterra water quality move welcomed

Friday, 2 December 2011, 3:25 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Fonterra water quality move welcomed Forest & Bird today congratulated dairy giant Fonterra for introducing a new requirement on their farmer suppliers to keep stock away from waterways. More >>

Government ramps up mining agenda on first day back

Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 1:54 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Government ramps up mining agenda on first day back in office On the first working day after the election, Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson has told Forest & Bird that the government will break ... More >>

Water decision good for Waitaki environment

Thursday, 24 November 2011, 3:08 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird today welcomed the decision by Environment Canterbury (ECan) to decline nine irrigation and water take consents in the Upper Waitaki Valley. More >>

National’s conservation agenda is a risk

Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 1:58 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird media release for immediate use National’s conservation agenda is a risk The National Party’s conservation policy has some welcome proposals but would also put our natural heritage at risk, independent conservation organisation ... More >>

Forest and Bird: National’s environment policy not enough

Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 4:31 pm | Forest And Bird

Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird today welcomed the increased focus of the National Party’s environment policy on oceans and marine policy. But Forest & Bird Advocacy Manager Kevin Hackwell said other National party policies, ... More >>

Forest & Bird calls on the government to keep mining promise

Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 11:56 am | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird is calling on the government to honour the promise it made last year to let all New Zealanders have a say about plans to mine public conservation land - a promise that could help protect the West Coast's Denniston Plateau from ... More >>

Forest & Bird against undermining of environment in RMA

Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 5:32 pm | Forest And Bird

Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird said today it is concerned that the National Party has announced a policy that would undermine the Resource Management Act’s most important environmental protections. More >>

Forest & Bird knows what voters want – do politicians?

Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 12:57 pm | Forest And Bird

1 November 2011 – Wellington Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Forest & Bird knows what voters want – do politicians? Forest & Bird is not surprised by the results of a poll last night, which found that the natural environment ... More >>

Forest & Bird welcomes Labour’s promise on wild rivers

Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:56 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Forest & Bird welcomes Labour’s promise to protect wild rivers Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird welcomes the Labour Party’s policy to seek to protect the main parts of our ... More >>

Conservation will be fair game under new council

Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 2:42 pm | Forest And Bird

The government’s introduction of legislation to establish a Game Animal Council is not common sense, and will undermine conservation, Forest & Bird said today. The legislation, introduced to Parliament yesterday, will see the responsibility for ... More >>

Forest & Bird welcomes Labour high country policy

Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 3:58 pm | Forest And Bird

Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird today welcomed the Labour Party’s high country policy as a step forward for protecting some of our most treasured landscapes and endangered plants and animals. The Labour Party said it would stop the current ... More >>

Tragic impact on wildlife from oil disaster

Thursday, 13 October 2011, 2:36 pm | Forest And Bird

Hundreds of dead birds have already been found along the Bay of Plenty coastline as a result of the Rena oil spill disaster but these represent just a fraction of the affected wildlife, Forest & Bird said today. “The number of birds being found ... More >>

New Zealand must wake up to oil spill dangers

Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 1:16 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird said today the unfolding oil spill disaster in the Bay of Plenty is a stark warning about the potential catastrophe that could result from deep sea oil drilling in our waters. More >>

Action needed to prevent environmental disaster

Friday, 7 October 2011, 11:33 am | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird said today urgent action is needed to avoid an environmental disaster and to minimise seabird deaths as a result of the oil spill off the Bay of Plenty coast. More >>

Action needed to prevent NZ dolphin extinctions

Thursday, 29 September 2011, 3:47 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird said today evidence is growing about the need for further immediate action to stop the slide towards extinction of New Zealand’s endemic Maui’s and Hector’s dolphins. “These dolphins are on the brink of extinction and the main ... More >>

Don’t forget conservation, Forest & Bird says

Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 4:40 pm | Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird today welcomed the Green Party’s package of economic policies as positive for the environment. “We need to stop selling ourselves short, by spending our environmental capital on short-term economic gain, and start investing in the ... More >>

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 >>