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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 >>
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 >>
