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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 >>
Forest & Bird concerned at dairies' decline
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 2:00 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird is concerned that the environmental performance of dairy farmers is getting worse. More >>
Forest & Bird reveals Government mining plans
Monday, 15 March 2010, 9:21 am | Forest And Bird
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird has uncovered Government plans to allow mining in 7000 hectares of high-value conservation land in the West Coast’s Paparoa National Park, Great Barrier Island and the Coromandel Peninsula. More >>
Forest & Bird echoes scientist’s fears about fish
Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 1:19 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird applauds fisheries scientist John McKoy for speaking up about the guesswork used to manage New Zealand fisheries. More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes ruling on Hector’s dolphins
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 4:53 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird welcomes the High Court judgement today endorsing most measures announced in 2008 to protect endangered Hector’s dolphins. More >>
Government pressure to privatise Mackenzie
Sunday, 7 February 2010, 11:15 am | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird has obtained documents under the Official Information Act that reveal the Government is stopping the Department of Conservation (DOC) from trying to protect the Mackenzie Basin from destruction ... More >>
Forest & Bird concerned at new sea lion kill quota
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 2:51 pm | Forest And Bird
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird believes Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley should have set a lower sea lion kill quota for this squid fishing season to reflect the declining sea lion population. Last night Mr Heatley announced he ... More >>
Forest & Bird concerned at new sea lion kill quota
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 1:04 pm | Forest And Bird
“We nervously wait for DOC to report on the number of sea lion pups born this summer. If the numbers are as low as last year or possibly even lower, we would call on Mr Heatley to immediately reduce the sea lion kill quota or even close the squid fishery ... More >>
Politicians to join nationwide wild river weekend
Friday, 27 November 2009, 1:46 pm | Forest And Bird
Fun events are being held at 10 rivers around New Zealand this weekend to celebrate wild rivers and highlight the need to protect them from development. More >>
Groups join forces to save the longfin eel
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 9:49 am | Forest And Bird
A coalition of environmental groups, Maori, and Massey University researchers are calling on the public to sign a petition asking for a moratorium on the commercial harvest of the threatened longfin eel. The petition, to be presented to Fisheries ... More >>
Forest & Bird names Hou the kakapo chick
Friday, 13 November 2009, 10:40 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has named “its” kakapo Hou (meaning fresh and new) in celebration of the bumper crop of kakapo hatched last season. Last breeding season was a record one for the kakapo, with 33 kakapo chicks surviving, taking the total kakapo population ... More >>
Brownlee comments on Mokihinui dam welcomed
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 1:51 pm | Forest And Bird
Wild rivers campaign groups have welcomed comments by Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee that a hydro dam on the West Coast’s Mokihinui River will “not go ahead”. More >>
Snapper slips in latest Forest & Bird Fish Guide
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:00 am | Forest And Bird
Snapper, scallops, skate, bluenose and bigeye and yellowfin tuna have slipped in the rankings in Forest & Bird’s latest Best Fish Guide launched today. They are all among the worst choices for seafood consumers. The wallet guide – which is ... More >>
Government must clean up existing mines
Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 2:13 pm | Forest And Bird
The Government should sort out environmental degradation caused by existing mines rather than proposing new ones on core conservation land, Forest & Bird says. More >>
Popular songbird nests on Chatham Islands mainland
Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 10:21 am | Forest And Bird
New Zealand’s fifth most popular bird, the tui, has started breeding on the Chatham Islands’ main island after a successful transfer of 14 Chatham Islands tui to the main island earlier this year. More >>
Popular songbird nests on Chatham Islands mainland
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 2:48 pm | Forest And Bird
New Zealand’s fifth most popular bird, the tui, has started breeding on the Chatham Islands’ main island after a successful transfer of 14 Chatham Islands tui to the main island earlier this year. More >>
Kiwi flies in Bird of Year competition
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 10:51 am | Forest And Bird
New Zealand’s national bird, the kiwi, has won Forest & Bird’s title of Bird of the Year for 2009. In a flying finish, this earth-bound bird winged its way to victory with 1586 votes, only taking the lead in the final days of polling. The kiwi ... More >>
