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Snake Find Highlights Bigger Problem

Thursday, 16 March 2000, 10:57 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

The Forest and Bird Protection Society is calling for a major upgrade in the quarantine requirements for containers following the finding of a live poisonous snake in Petone. The snake is thought to have come into the country in a shipping container. More >>

National Policy Statement Needed on Biodiversity

Friday, 10 March 2000, 10:50 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

The Forest and Bird Protection Society said today the Government should commit to a timetable for the development of a national policy statement to protect biodiversity under the Resource Management Act. More >>

Sea Lions Safe ...For Now - Forest And Bird

Tuesday, 7 March 2000, 11:42 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 >>

Energy Efficiency alone will not deal with climate

Thursday, 17 February 2000, 5:36 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Energy efficiency alone will not meet New Zealand's commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions the Forest and Bird Protection Society said today. More >>

Set netting may cause extinction of NI dolphin

Tuesday, 15 February 2000, 1:29 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Conservationists fear that set netting may cause the extinction of the North Island population of Hector's dolphin. More >>

Hopes for Stewart Island/Rakiura National Park

Friday, 11 February 2000, 2:51 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

The Forest and Bird Protection Society today welcomed the NZ Conservation Authority's support in principle for the establishment of a Stewart Island National Park. More >>

Call to Protect Sharks Welcomed

Friday, 11 February 2000, 2:50 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

A call by an Australian shark researcher for New Zealand to catch up with the world and protect the great white shark has been welcomed by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. More >>

DOC Report Confirms Timberlands Rimu Logging

Friday, 4 February 2000, 2:43 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Conservationists have welcomed the release of a 1997 Department of Conservation (DoC) report on the conservation values of Timberlands’ native forests. They say it confirms the importance of ending the company’s rimu logging, now that its beech logging has ... More >>

Forest And Bird Welcomes Timberlands Decision

Wednesday, 2 February 2000, 9:39 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forest and Bird has welcomed the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's decision not to investigate the Government's decision to scrap the beech-logging scheme. More >>

Council’s Agreement To Wetland Drainage Slated

Tuesday, 1 February 2000, 2:32 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Royal Forest and Bird has strongly criticised the Tasman District Council for ignoring the Resource Management Act and staff advice and allowing the drainage of an important remnant wetland. More >>

Timberlands Guerilla Warfare - Original Email

Thursday, 27 January 2000, 7:13 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Following Is the Original Letter from the Royal Forest And Bird Society along with the Timberlands Employee's Email which started the controversy. More >>

Groups Call For Timberlands Investigation

Thursday, 27 January 2000, 7:05 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Conservationists have called on the Government to investigate the conduct of a senior Timberlands employee and a senior MAF employee for their participation in a forestry email group dedicated to overturning the Government's decisions on West Coast forests. More >>

Call For Marine Reform Supported

Thursday, 20 January 2000, 5:29 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

The Forest and Bird Protection Society today warmly welcomed the recommendations in the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report on the marine environment. More >>

Stoat Invasion - Major Blow for NZ Wildlife

Friday, 14 January 2000, 1:46 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

The recent finding of stoat footprints on Stewart Island is a major blow for New Zealand wildlife, according to the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. More >>

Conservationists Challenge Academics

Wednesday, 12 January 2000, 2:34 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Forestry scientists at Canterbury University's School of Forestry have been challenged by conservationists to address the key threats facing New Zealand forestry rather than campaigning for the logging of New Zealand's rainforests. More >>

Committee Rejects Support For Timberland's Scheme

Wednesday, 12 January 2000, 10:58 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Claims of support for the cancelled Timberlands West Coast beech logging by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) are false, says the New Zealand elected representative to the IUCN Council and spokesperson for the NZ Committee of IUCN members, Dr Wren ... More >>

'Beech branch' extended to dissident scientists

Tuesday, 21 December 1999, 9:21 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society

Pro-logging scientists critical of the new Government's decision to protect West Coast beech forests previously threatened by Timberlands logging proposals have been encouraged by conservationists to work with the government to achieve effective conservation ... More >>