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Smaller Reefton Mine Proposal Still High Risk
Thursday, 30 August 2001, 11:51 am | Forest And Bird
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society will continue to oppose a hard rock gold mine in Victoria Conservation Park if GRD Macraes Ltd makes a new application to Conservation Minister, Sandra Lee or pursues its original application. More >>
Rally to support Sandra Lee's Reefton decision
Monday, 27 August 2001, 5:13 pm | Forest And Bird
A public rally will be held in Parliament Grounds tomorrow, Tuesday, 28 August, from 1pm to support Conservation Minister, Sandra Lee, and her decision not to approve the proposed GRD Macraes' Reefton goldmine. Messages of support for the Minister ... More >>
Macraes gold mine – three new issues
Monday, 27 August 2001, 5:09 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird today raised three new issues about the proposed GRD Macraes mine at Reefton. These new issues are: - How serious is GRD Macraes about mining at Reefton? - What benefit does mining really bring to local communities? - The private sector’s ... More >>
North Island Hector’s dolphin doomed to extinction
Monday, 13 August 2001, 3:06 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird today called on the Government to take urgent action to prevent the extinction of the North Island Hector’s dolphin. More >>
Macraes Gold Mine Is Political Test For Government
Monday, 13 August 2001, 9:42 am | Forest And Bird
The decision on whether to allow a hard rock gold mine on conservation land near Reefton is a major test of Government's commitment to sustainable development, the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society says. More >>
Reefton gold mine could eclipse Coromandel problem
Monday, 13 August 2001, 9:37 am | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is calling on the Government not to allow the proposed GRD Macraes gold mine to proceed. The proposed mine on conservation land at Reefton could be a bigger environmental disaster than the Coromandel mines. More >>
Innovative water management by North Shore
Monday, 13 August 2001, 9:34 am | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird today congratulated North Shore City Council for their initiative to provide incentives to residents to install rainwater tanks. More >>
Urban water issues
Sunday, 5 August 2001, 12:37 am | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is calling on councils in urban areas to provide incentives for households to install rainwater tanks. This policy was supported at Forest and Bird’s recent Council Meeting. More >>
Forest And Bird Asks For Delay On Consent Hearing
Friday, 20 July 2001, 4:12 pm | Forest And Bird
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society is calling on Environment Canterbury to delay further consideration of a dairy conversion in Canterbury until after decisions are made on the proposed Rangitata Water Conservation Order. More >>
Deer Deal Unacceptable
Wednesday, 18 July 2001, 3:17 pm | Forest And Bird
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society is disappointed that the Animal Health Board has given in to a vociferous deer stalker lobby and potentially compromised its 1080 poison operation in the Blue Mountains. More >>
Farmers Need To Do More To Make Image A Reality
Tuesday, 17 July 2001, 5:13 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird today challenged Federated Farmers to actively work towards making New Zealand’s Clean Green image a reality. Federated Farmers is holding its annual conference in Rotorua today. More >>
Prominent Ecologist New Forest And Bird President
Monday, 18 June 2001, 8:57 am | Forest And Bird
Prominent Ecologist New Forest And Bird President Forest and Bird, New Zealand’s largest environmental group, has a new president - 47 year old ecologist and tourism operator, Dr Gerry McSweeney. More >>
Forests’ Announcement – A Momentous Decision
Thursday, 31 May 2001, 9:26 am | Forest And Bird
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society is delighted with the Government’s decision to transfer all of the indigenous forests currently managed by Timberlands West Coast Ltd (130,000 ha) to the Department of Conservation. More >>
Committee’s Changes To Resource Management Bill
Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 5:27 pm | Forest And Bird
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society welcomes many of the changes to the Resource Management Act Bill made by a select committee. Provisions in the original Bill were widely opposed by environmental and community organisations. More >>
Phase Out Of Leadshot Welcomed
Thursday, 3 May 2001, 4:19 pm | Forest And Bird
“Forest and Bird has been campaigning for a number of years to have leadshot banned” said Eric Pyle, Conservation Manager of Forest and Bird. “Every year hundreds, possibly thousands, of kilograms of lead are sprayed into wetlands and lakes through leadshot ... More >>
West Coast Development Trust
Thursday, 19 April 2001, 4:39 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird welcomes the establishment of the West Coast Development Trust and hopes this Trust will help the West Coast region develop a sustainable future. "This is an important moment in history and for the future of the West Coast" said ... More >>
Bird Meeting calls for Pacific-wide Biosecurity
Wednesday, 11 April 2001, 5:11 pm | Forest And Bird
Bird experts from around the Pacific and the world have concluded that bird conservation issues in the Pacific are much more serious than previously thought. This conclusion was a key finding from a meeting of Birdlife International at the Miranda Wildlife ... More >>
Used cars creating unnecessary biosecurity risks
Wednesday, 11 April 2001, 9:16 am | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is calling on the government to immediately review the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Import Health Standard (IHS) for Used Vehicles. More >>
Fiordland – A Park not a Port
Monday, 9 April 2001, 6:23 pm | Forest And Bird
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society said today that the Fiords of Fiordland, including Doubtful Sound, deserve to be a marine park, not a Port. More >>
Grass Carp Unlikely to Save Lake Omapere
Monday, 9 April 2001, 5:24 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest and Bird is concerned that grass carp won’t save Lake Omapere. The underlying cause of the problems with Northland’s largest lake – agricultural practices in the catchment - has been overlooked in the current controversy about the lake. More >>
