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Call To PM To Protest Korean Wetland Destruction
Monday, 28 July 2003, 9:28 am | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is encouraging Prime Minister Helen Clark to express concerns to the South Korean Government about the destruction of a major South Korean wetland that is important for New Zealand conservation. Helen Clark is currently in South ... More >>
Call To Save Blue Duck From Functional Extinction
Monday, 30 June 2003, 10:20 am | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird today appealed to all who love the mountains to support efforts to save the endangered blue duck (whio) from extinction following the alarming news that these birds may be gone from much of their range within 10 years. More >>
Dolphin death highlights need for protection
Friday, 6 June 2003, 1:21 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is urging action to better protect Maui's dolphin after the seventh death of in two years. The dolphin was washed up on an Auckland West Coast beach. More >>
Forest And Bird Condemns Dumping Of Dead Possums
Thursday, 5 June 2003, 10:15 am | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird condemns the dumping of dead possums on Great Barrier Island as a clear threat to the Island's possum-free status. More >>
Marine reserve announcement 80th birthday gift.
Monday, 24 March 2003, 7:51 am | Forest And Bird
New Zealand’s oldest conservation organization has its 80th birthday on the 28 March 2003. The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand (Inc) was launched as the Native Bird Protection Society on 28 March 1923. More >>
The RMA - Protecting Our Clean, Green Image
Tuesday, 14 January 2003, 9:35 am | Forest And Bird
The Government is intending to pass an amendment to the Resource Management Act that will severely reduce the quality of environmental decision-making, says Forest and Bird. More >>
Hoki Fishery Should Never Have Been Certified
Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 10:00 am | Forest And Bird
The Forest and Bird Protection Society said it was stunned that the Marine Stewardship Council has upheld the certification of the New Zealand hoki fishery despite acknowledging that the originally the fishery did not meet the sustainability criteria. More >>
Parrot Disease Could Wipe Out Kakapo
Friday, 25 October 2002, 5:05 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is calling on the government to end the importation of exotic parrots after news that exotic parrots were imported with a disease that could wipe out kakapo, kea and kaka. More >>
Kaikoura Ranges Proposed as National Park
Monday, 21 October 2002, 8:06 am | Forest And Bird
A Kaikoura Ranges national park would give dryland landscapes and their specialised rock and scree plant communities and habitats long overdue recognition, Forest and Bird Protection Society says. More >>
Orange Roughy Cut Welcomed
Friday, 4 October 2002, 9:37 am | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird today welcomed the Minister of Fisheries, Pete Hodgson, decision to cut the catch limit for the East Coast North Island orange roughy population. But the increase to elephant fish quota endangers the threatened hector's dolphin. More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes Painted Apple Moth decision
Tuesday, 10 September 2002, 5:20 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is hailing today's Cabinet decision on Painted Apple Moth as an investment in the future of New Zealand's native forests. More >>
Labour's environment policy scores a bare pass
Friday, 19 July 2002, 5:52 pm | Forest And Bird
Labour's environment policy scores a bare pass, but the conservation policy is much better More >>
Extra funding for thar control welcome
Thursday, 6 June 2002, 1:09 pm | Forest And Bird
Additional funding for Himalayan thar control is a welcome boost for alpine plants the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society says. More >>
Government SILNA Package Welcomed
Monday, 13 May 2002, 7:59 am | Forest And Bird
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society said today that the Government’s SILNA package provides an important opportunity for SILNA forest owners who want to protect their forests for future generations. More >>
Hurunui River threatened by dam proposal
Thursday, 14 March 2002, 11:09 pm | Forest And Bird
Conservationists are concerned that irrigation developers are eyeing up their third major Canterbury river in as many months. Developers in the Hurunui District today announced a proposal to dam the Hurunui River for irrigation. Resource consents have ... More >>
Committee fails to safeguard coastal commons
Sunday, 10 March 2002, 4:02 pm | Forest And Bird
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society strongly criticised a Parliamentary select committee's proposed changes to the aquaculture moratorium bill as failing to protect the public interest in the coastal commons. More >>
Letters Reveal Government Concerns About Water
Friday, 22 February 2002, 5:19 pm | Forest And Bird
Letters from the Minister of Conservation and the Minister for the Environment reveal central government concerns about the state of New Zealand's waterways and their management. The letters sound a clear warning to regional and unitary councils about ... More >>
Dolphin Deaths Alarming - Emergency Action Needed
Thursday, 21 February 2002, 7:57 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is calling for emergency action to ban set nets on the West Coast of the North Island to protect Hector's dolphin after two were killed in a week by set nets. More >>
Aquaculture moratorium strongly supported
Thursday, 21 February 2002, 5:27 pm | Forest And Bird
The proposed aquaculture moratorium is a sound initiative to help promote sustainable management and protect the public interest in the coast, the Forest and Bird Protection Society says. More >>
Dolphin Deaths Alarming Action Needed On Set Nets
Tuesday, 5 February 2002, 9:34 am | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is calling for urgent action to ban set nets in the Marlborough Sound after the deaths of six common dolphins were linked to set nets. More >>
