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OSOF Advocates For Strengthened Protection Of Endangered Sea Lions
Monday, 14 August 2023, 3:06 pm | Our Seas Our Future
Give endangered sea lions as much protection as possible, or risk losing more to fisheries-related deaths each year. That’s the idea behind a recent policy submission on sea lion protection and management. Endangered New Zealand sea lions (rāpoka ... More >>
OSOF Advocates For Strengthened Protection Of Endangered Sea Lions
Friday, 11 August 2023, 1:04 pm | Our Seas Our Future
Give endangered sea lions as much protection as possible, or risk losing more to fisheries-related deaths each year. That’s the idea behind a recent policy submission on sea lion protection and management. Endangered New Zealand sea lions ... More >>
US Court Bans NZ Fish Imports Caught In Māui Dolphin Habitat
Friday, 23 December 2022, 3:04 pm | Our Seas Our Future
Last month the United States Court of International Trade issued a preliminary injunction on the export of New Zealand seafood caught in Māui dolphin habitat. This ruling is a big win for the critically endangered species, as the export ban ... More >>
Government Puts First Foot Forward In Haste To Achieve Lofty Goal
Tuesday, 22 November 2022, 3:06 pm | Our Seas Our Future
To reach their goal of making New Zealand a low-waste, circular economy, the government has initiated a three-year phase out programme which will see the banning of single-use, hard-to-recycle plastic products. The first part of this initiative, ... More >>
The Domino Effect In Action! UN Leads Change
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 6:17 am | Our Seas Our Future
In July the United Nations (UN) made a groundbreaking move to recognise access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a universal human right. The UN declaration, made in the presence of all 193 Member States, acknowledges the damage and destruction ... More >>
Climate Emergency Or Climate Hypocrisy? ANZ Government Continues To Issue Exploration Permits Despite Ban
Tuesday, 9 August 2022, 12:24 pm | Our Seas Our Future
Last week, a groundbreaking hearing between Students for Climate Solutions and the Minister of Energy and Resources began. The Victoria University group is suing Minister Megan Woods for her decision to grant permits for onshore oil and gas exploration ... More >>
We Have What It Takes To Lower Our Emissions - OSOF React To Latest IPCC Report
Monday, 9 May 2022, 7:00 am | Our Seas Our Future
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) has released their third assessment report addressing climate change mitigation, concluding a three-part series. The first report discussed the physical basis of climate change, while the second ... More >>
OSOF Responds To The IPCC’s Most Recent Report
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 7:05 am | Our Seas Our Future
Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their latest assessment report. This report is the second in a three-part series. Where the first outlines the physical basis of climate change, this report assesses the impacts on ... More >>
$4.5 Billion Climate Emergency Response Fund - Is It Enough?
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 2:03 pm | Our Seas Our Future
As part of its budget update on Wednesday, Minister of Finance Grant Robertson announced that the Government has created a $4.5 billion Climate Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for the Budget 2022. It also announced that it will be releasing ... More >>
Halve Your Cake And Eat It Too? 50% Less Emissions By 2030.
Friday, 12 November 2021, 9:21 am | Our Seas Our Future
The New Zealand Government has pledged to halve its emissions (as at 2005) by 2030. This pledge went further than the 30% originally pledged by New Zealand in 2016 when it signed the Paris Agreement, and brings our emissions reductions plan in line with ... More >>
OSOF Responds To NZ’s First Emissions Reduction Plan
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 9:24 am | Our Seas Our Future
The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) released New Zealand’s first Emissions Reduction Plan consultation document last Wednesday. The document provides a framework for reducing emissions across the energy, transport, waste, agriculture, construction ... More >>
OSOF responds to the IPCC’s latest stark climate report
Monday, 16 August 2021, 5:31 am | Our Seas Our Future
OSOF responds to the IPCC’s latest stark climate report - “this is our make or break decade” More >>
Our Seas Our Future Welcomes Single-use Plastic Phase-out
Monday, 28 June 2021, 6:20 am | Our Seas Our Future
Marine conservation non-profit Our Seas Our Future (OSOF) welcomes the Government’s announcement on Sunday confirming the phase out of more single-use plastics, but is disappointed by the time frame of the plan. Our Seas Our Future spokesperson, ... More >>
Our Seas Our Future Supports Government’s Proposed Ban On Cigarette Filters
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 6:15 am | Our Seas Our Future
Marine conservation non-profit Our Seas Our Future (OSOF),strongly supports a plan to prohibit filters in smoked tobacco products, as included in the Government’s proposed Smokefree 2025 Action Plan . As well as reducing the appeal and addictiveness ... More >>
Our Seas Our Future Welcomes Leaders’ Pledge For Nature
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 6:56 am | Our Seas Our Future
Our Seas Our Future welcomes yesterday’s release of the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature and urges Kiwi leaders to pledge their commitment to nature and take action on their campaign promises. Jacinda Arden joined 63 other global leaders who signed ... More >>
Our Seas Our Future Encouraged By Green Party “Thriving Oceans Plan”
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 5:57 am | Our Seas Our Future
Our Seas Our Future (OSOF) is encouraged by the Green Party’s marine policy to protect and restore our seas and oceans, as outlined in its Thriving Oceans Plan. OSOF representative, Noel Jhinku, says that the policy recognises the need to address ... More >>
Our Seas Our Future Welcomes Govt’s Plastic Plan Announcement
Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 1:12 pm | Our Seas Our Future
Our Seas Our Future welcomes today’s Government’s announcement by Minister Sage of a plan to phase out more single-use and problem plastics to reduce waste and protect the environment. Our Seas Our Future Founder, Noel Jhinku, says, ... More >>
Our Seas Our Future Welcomes New Protection For Dolphins
Thursday, 25 June 2020, 11:29 am | Our Seas Our Future
Our Seas Our Future says the Government’s revised Māui and Hector’s Threat Management Plan, released yesterday, will provide greater protection for the endangered dolphin species, but unfortunately, there are still areas in the plan that need improvement. ... More >>
Thousands Of Cigarette Butts Accumulated In One Hour
Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 9:04 am | Our Seas Our Future
More than 80 volunteers across the country joined Our Seas Our Future over Seaweek, collecting over 6,250 cigarette butts in one hour. The non-profit marine conservation group ran a series of cigarette butts focused clean-ups last week on some of New ... More >>
Our Seas Our Future Tackles Cigarette Butt Waste
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 9:01 am | Our Seas Our Future
For Seaweek 2020, Our Seas Our Future is holding a series of clean-ups across the country targeting one of the most littered item in the world, cigarette butts. The ongoing campaign, No Butts, aims to highlight the negative environmental effects ... More >>
