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Bill To End New Mines On Conservation Land Chance To Fulfil Government’s Promise
Sunday, 14 August 2022, 7:49 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says all political parties who are serious about climate change and the environment need to support an important new bill to protect public conservation land from new mines. Last Thursday, the Crown Minerals (Prohibition of Mining) Amendment ... More >>
It’s Time To Get Cracking And Invest In Climate Change Action
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 1:41 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is pleased to see the Government wants to prioritise nature-based solutions in the National Adaptation Plan, released today, saying European heatwaves and South Island flooding is showing the impacts of climate change are already too ... More >>
Shark Plan Needs Teeth To Save 1000+ Sharks
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 3:50 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird today welcomed the release of a draft National Plan of Action on Sharks, which provides a constructive platform for protecting the diversity of sharks that live in Aotearoa New Zealand’s waters. In particular, we were pleased ... More >>
Bird Of The Year 2022: Dates, Campaign Managers And Underbirds
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 5:09 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is pleased to announce the dates and theme for New Zealand’s most hotly anticipated avian election, Bird of the Year 2022. Voting for Bird of the Year 2022 will open at 9.00am on Monday 17 October and closes at 5.00pm on Sunday ... More >>
Coal Case In Invercargill High Court
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 1:08 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird will be heard before the High Court in Invercargill on 18-19 July on its application for judicial review of Southland District Council’s decision to grant access for new coal exploration and mining. The Council granted access to ... More >>
DOC Plan For Feral Deer, Pigs Misses Mark On Climate
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 6:14 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says it’s concerning that the Department of Conservation’s Wild Animal Management Framework Te Ara ki Mua fails to mention carbon emissions despite the devastation caused by out-of-control deer and pigs on New Zealand's native ... More >>
Rare Wildlife To Make Way For Coal, Quarries, Roads
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 4:43 pm | Forest And Bird
Mining, quarrying and infrastructure projects will be allowed to destroy New Zealand’s rarest and most important native species and habitats if they meet a 'significance test' under a government policy released for consultation today. The National Policy ... More >>
Forest & Bird Launches Legal Action To Protect Pūtiki Penguins
Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 6:55 pm | Forest And Bird
Today Forest & Bird applied to the High Court for a judicial review regarding the Department of Conservation’s approval of a Wildlife Permit, relating to kororā at Kennedy Point in Pūtiki Bay on Waiheke Island. On 30 March 2022, Kennedy Point ... More >>
Plan To Save Nature Off To Good Start, Needs More From Government Economic Agencies
Thursday, 21 April 2022, 5:46 am | Forest And Bird
20 April The Te Mana O Te Taiao Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Plan launched today is an excellent start, says new Forest & Bird Chief Executive Nicola Toki. But a plan for New Zealand that makes protection of nature the heart ... More >>
Forest & Bird Welcomes Nicola Toki As New Chief Executive
Sunday, 17 April 2022, 7:21 pm | Forest And Bird
New Zealand's largest environmental NGO, Forest & Bird - Te Reo o te Taiao, welcomes Nicola Toki as Chief Executive Kaiwhakahaere. Ms Toki replaces Kevin Hague, who has retired after six years in the role. Nicola Toki begins her role at Forest ... More >>
Awarua-Waituna Wetland Fire Highlights Need For Climate Adaptation Plan
Monday, 4 April 2022, 5:48 pm | Forest And Bird
As a second nationally significant wetland burns, Forest & Bird says the Government must adopt a national climate change adaptation plan that protects wetlands under the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater. Forest & Bird’s ... More >>
Close Fisheries, Ban Dredging To Protect Remaining Scallops, Minister Urged
Sunday, 27 March 2022, 6:45 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling on the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries to close scallop fisheries in the Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel and Northland, where stocks have essentially collapsed . In an open letter to the Hon David Parker, Forest & ... More >>
Sharks Subject To "brutal" And Needless Killing, Official Reports Reveal
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 6:02 pm | Forest And Bird
Sharks are being cruelly killed in longline fisheries to retain hooks, according to fisheries observer reports released to Forest & Bird under the Official Information Act. The reports reveal a series of incidents where fishers have brutally ... More >>
ETS Must Back Permanent Native Forests, Not Pine Monoculture
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 1:52 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird strongly backs the Government’s suggestion that pine forests should not be counted as permanent carbon sinks in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The organisation says the ETS should instead support investment in native forest ... More >>
Second Nature For New Chief Executive Of Forest & Bird
Friday, 21 January 2022, 5:45 pm | Forest And Bird
Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading conservation organisation, Forest & Bird, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicola Toki as its new Chief Executive, as the society approaches its one-hundredth year of giving nature a voice. Toki will ... More >>
Stats, PCE Reports Highlight Need To Bring Back Nature
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 3:18 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling on the government to urgently get on with protecting and restoring nature, in the face of two dire reports released today showing native species on the brink and a failure of wellbeing budgets to address this ongoing loss. ... More >>
He Waka Eke Noa Admits Agriculture Scheme Won't Cut Emissions
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 3:51 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is calling on He Waka Eke Noa to put their plan to price agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in the bin because even He Waka Eke Noa says it wont actually cut emissions. According to the discussion document He Waka Eke Noa released ... More >>
Billboards Reveal Government's Ongoing Climate Failures
Monday, 22 November 2021, 6:40 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is launching a series of confronting billboards this Monday in main centres throughout the country, pointing to the Government’s lack of action on basic environment and climate protection. “Prime Minister Ardern famously said ... More >>
New Whitebait Rules For Next Year Inadequate
Friday, 12 November 2021, 12:10 pm | Forest And Bird
As the West Coast whitebaiting season closes this Sunday, Forest & Bird is reminding everyone of new rules for 2022, and asking for meaningful management measures to save our endangered native fish. Next year, the Department of Conservation ... More >>
Holy Flying Mammals Batman! Bird Of The Year Winner Announced
Monday, 1 November 2021, 8:13 am | Forest And Bird
A bat has won New Zealand’s 2021 Bird of the Year/Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau. This is the first time New Zealand’s only land mammal has been included in Forest & Bird’s annual contest, and it has flown away with the title. “I think I’m going ... More >>
