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No Cats Allowed; MAF Tightens Sea Container Rules
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 5:12 pm | Forest And Bird
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has tightened the rules for on-line accreditation for sea container inspectors following Forest and Bird's online accreditation of a cat in just 8 minutes. Forest and Bird welcomes the changes, but more is needed ... More >>
Remarkables Mountain Lodge would be a travesty
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 4:08 pm | Forest And Bird
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society is horrified over a proposal to establish a private mountain lodge in the heart of the proposed Remarkables Conservation Park. More >>
Oil Spill Reinforces Need For Ban On Big Ships
Monday, 9 February 2004, 5:54 pm | Forest And Bird
Sunday's oil spill in Milford Sound is proof that a recent decision to ban large ships from Doubtful Sound was necessary according to conservationists. More >>
Prime Minister to farewell Albatross Voyage
Friday, 23 January 2004, 2:11 pm | Forest And Bird
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark will tomorrow farewell John Ridgeway's Albatross Voyage as it starts the New Zealand to Falklands leg of its round the world voyage. Helen Clark will farewell the boat at 11.45am, Saturday 24 January, Jetty A, Chaffers ... More >>
Urgent Thar Cull Needed On Pastoral Lease Lands
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 5:44 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is calling for an urgent aerial cull to reduce Himalayan thar numbers on pastoral leases in the South Canterbury high country. More >>
Claims About High Country Privatisation By Eckhoff
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 6:46 pm | Forest And Bird
Mr Eckhoff today released a media statement about the privatisation of 35km of Lake Wanaka's shore attacking Forest and Bird. The following statement is Forest and Bird's response: More >>
Biodiversity Report Wake Up Call For NZ
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 6:35 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is calling the Government's annual Biodiversity Strategy report a wake-up call for New Zealand. The report reveals that not enough is being done to stem the loss of native plants and animals. More >>
Waitaki legislation not needed.
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 5:35 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird urged Parliamentarians to reject the Waitaki legislation tabled in Parliament today unless the Government can prove a combination of a National Policy Statement on water and national minimum river flow standards was not a feasible alternative. More >>
35 km Wanaka Lakeshore frontage to be privatised
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 4:58 pm | Forest And Bird
Proposals to freehold some 35km of land fronting onto Lake Wanaka including The Peninsula on Mt Burke Station represents a failure of the Government’s tenure review programme, according to the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. More >>
Viggo, Orlando, Sean take care with land purchases
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 4:48 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is urging Lord of the Rings stars to not pay excessive amounts for high country, lakeshore or coastal land. Stars, Orlando Bloom, Sean Austin and Viggo Mortensen have been reported as wanting to buy land in New Zealand. More >>
Forest and Bird settles Mapua appeal
Monday, 24 November 2003, 4:27 pm | Forest And Bird
Nelson people can look forward to a safer clean-up of the country’s most toxic site, Forest and Bird Conservation Manager, Kevin Hackwell, said today. More >>
An exciting day for seabird conservation!
Tuesday, 11 November 2003, 4:37 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird today welcomed South Africa’s adoption of an international treaty to protect albatross and petrels. The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) now has enough signatures to come into force. More >>
Giant mine sneaking through under new law
Wednesday, 8 October 2003, 3:23 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is dismayed that a massive state-owned 11 million tonne opencast coalmine is being processed under controversial new ‘limited notification’ procedures for proposals that have only a ‘minor’ impact. More >>
NZ fishers fail to meet Japanese standards
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 5:20 pm | Forest And Bird
Measures which have lead to a 99% reduction in albatross deaths by Japanese tuna boats fishing in New Zealand waters should also apply to New Zealand boats says Forest and Bird. More >>
Molesworth Deserves Conservation Management
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 12:18 am | Forest And Bird
Transferring the management of Molesworth Station from LINZ to the Department of Conservation (DoC) would have major benefits for conservation and public recreation, the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society says. More >>
Forest and Bird seeks GE moratorium extension
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 9:36 am | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird today announced that it would seek an extension to the GE moratorium as a result of concerns raised by members, including concerns about the effectiveness of the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA). More >>
Pests destroy wildlife while govt. sits on $4Bn
Thursday, 21 August 2003, 1:55 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird today released a table and maps of national parks showing that few national parks are receiving the pest control they need to safeguard native plants and animals. Forest and Bird obtained the maps and an associated table of figures ... More >>
Measures Needed To Safeguard Public Interest
Monday, 18 August 2003, 4:46 pm | Forest And Bird
The Government's new objectives for the high country fall short of what is needed to protect important public conservation and recreation values according to Forest and Bird. Lands Minister John Tamihere announced the new objectives today More >>
Albatross left for dead
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 1:16 pm | Forest And Bird
The draft national plan of action on seabird deaths in fisheries released today is woefully inadequate and shows an astonishing double standard by government officials the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society said. More >>
NZers To Join Round The World Albatross Expedition
Monday, 28 July 2003, 9:29 am | Forest And Bird
Two New Zealanders will be joining one of Britain's most experienced sailors on a Round the World sailing expedition to highlight the plight of the albatross. Forest and Bird staff member Carol Knutson and member Brent Stephenson will be joining renowned ... More >>
