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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 >>
Forest & Bird finds more mining plans on Govt site
Monday, 26 April 2010, 4:19 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has discovered Government plans to mine even more national park areas than Ministers announced to the public in March. More >>
Forest & Bird backs PCE call for greater scrutiny
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 3:12 pm | Forest And Bird
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird backs the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s call for more robust and independent environmental reporting. More >>
Government plan to push irrigation
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 4:46 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird is concerned that Government papers it obtained reveal the Government had longstanding plans to abolish Environment Canterbury to fast-track large-scale irrigation. More >>
Forest & Bird damns Mokihinui decision
Tuesday, 6 April 2010, 4:56 pm | Forest And Bird
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird is astounded at the decision to destroy the West Coast’s Mokihinui River by building a hydro dam. More >>
Forest & Bird says ECan move a fast-track for dams
Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 3:32 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird believes the Government’s move to replace Environment Canterbury with its own appointees is a covert move to fast-track dams without public consultation. More >>
Quota hike for endangered tuna appalling
Friday, 26 March 2010, 9:46 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is appalled to learn that the Government has today agreed to a hike in the quota of critically endangered southern bluefin tuna. More >>
Mining proposals worse than Forest & Bird feared
Monday, 22 March 2010, 5:08 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is alarmed to learn that the Government wants to mine even more national parks and other top conservation land than it expected. More >>
Forest & Bird warns of sham mining protection
Monday, 22 March 2010, 1:08 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird expects the Government will try to claim that already protected land is a trade-off for mining other conservation areas in its stocktake to be announced at 3pm today. More >>
