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Forest And Birds Welcomes Green's Marine Policy

Friday, 5 July 2002, 4:24 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forest and Bird today welcomed the Green's environment policy and its commitment to deal with the impacts of the fishing industry and set aside 20 percent of New Zealand's seas in marine reserves. More >>

National attacks the RMA

Friday, 5 July 2002, 11:33 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

National is threatening to undermine the core principles of the Resource Management Act, says Forest and Bird. More >>

Forest & Birds Welcomes Moth Decision

Thursday, 4 July 2002, 1:50 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forest and Bird welcomed today's Cabinet decision to continue with targeted aerial spraying of painted apple moth in Auckland. Forest and Bird is advocating for painted apple moth eradication because of the threat it poses to native forests. More >>

Bare Pass For National's Environmental Policies

Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 11:03 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

National's environment and conservation policy released today rates a bare pass, the Forest and Bird Protection Society says. More >>

Overseas Land Ownership - Stronger Controls Needed

Thursday, 27 June 2002, 2:33 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

The Forest and Bird Protection Society is calling for changes to the Overseas Investment Act and stronger controls on overseas ownership of New Zealand land including pastoral leases. More >>

Cabinet Delay On Painted Apple Moth

Tuesday, 25 June 2002, 4:39 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society has welcomed the Cabinet's deferral of a decision on the future of the painted apple moth eradication programme. More >>

Lee An Inspirational Minister Of Conservation

Monday, 17 June 2002, 3:46 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forest and Bird president, Dr Gerry McSweeney today paid tribute to retiring MP Sandra Lee and described her as an inspirational Minister of Conservation. More >>

Keep Out The Spiders

Friday, 14 June 2002, 11:27 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forest and Bird is calling on political parties to make biosecurity and border control an election focus after a MAF report revealed 57 interceptions of exotic spiders on imported table grapes. More >>

Marine Reserves Banners Presented to PM

Monday, 10 June 2002, 11:40 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forest and Bird will present its "I love marine reserves" banners to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Conservation at the Waitemata Plaza, Viaduct Basin, Auckland at 2 PM on World Oceans Day, June 8. More >>

Wellington Marine Reserve

Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 2:48 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forest and Bird welcomes the Minister of Conservation's approval of a marine reserve application for Taputeranga on the Wellington South Coast. Forest and Bird is the joint applicant for the Taputeranga Marine Reserve and has been running a marine ... More >>

F&B Welcomes DOC Hector's Dolphin Initiative

Thursday, 9 May 2002, 10:07 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forest and Bird welcomes the proposal to protect North Island Hector's dolphin put forward by the Department of Conservation's (DoC) Auckland Conservancy. More >>

Quicker Action Needed To Clean Up Dairy Streams

Friday, 3 May 2002, 5:23 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

May 3, 2002 Greater urgency needs to be given to cleaning up dairy streams, says Forest and Bird. More >>

Greater Action Needed On North Island Hector's Dol

Wednesday, 1 May 2002, 8:08 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society is disappointed in the options put forward by the Ministry of Fisheries to protect the critically endangered North Island Hector's dolphin. More >>

Japanese Prime Minister's Visit - Albatross

Wednesday, 1 May 2002, 3:25 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Japanese Prime Minister's visit: PM asked to put extinction of albatross on the agenda More >>

F&B Joins Albatross And Petrel Campaign

Sunday, 21 April 2002, 7:13 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

BirdLife International warmly welcomes the New Zealand Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society’s involvement in the International Albatross and Petrel Campaign. More >>

Save New Zealand’s Albatross And Petrels

Sunday, 21 April 2002, 7:12 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forest and Bird announced on World Earth Day (22 April) that it was joining Birdlife International’s Campaign to save the world’s albatross and petrel species. More >>

Ban On Feral Deer Recovery A Threat To Forests

Sunday, 21 April 2002, 1:46 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Conservationists are concerned that a ban on feral deer exports will be disastrous for New Zealand's biodiversity including alpine flowers, native forest regeneration and native birds. Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton has called for a report on whether ... More >>

Closure Of Squid Fishery Welcomed

Friday, 12 April 2002, 1:15 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

The Forest and Bird Protection Society today welcomed the Minister of Fisheries' decision to close the Auckland Islands' squid fishery for the year in order to protect the New Zealand (or Hooker's) sea lion. More >>

Ferret Ban Welcomed

Thursday, 28 March 2002, 2:47 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forest and Bird warmly welcomed the ban on the sale, distribution and breeding of ferrets announced by the Minister of Conservation today. More >>

Okarito Declaration Launched

Monday, 25 March 2002, 3:21 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Conservationists today issued the "Okarito Declaration" as a long-term commitment to the practical protection of indigenous forests previously controlled by state logging company, Timberlands West Coast Ltd. The Okarito Declaration is ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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