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Sutton statement on fisheries welcomed
Friday, 16 December 2005, 8:53 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird today welcomed Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton's statement in Hong Kong yesterday calling for reductions in fishing subsidies that contribute to over fishing. More >>
Fight to Save Threatened Snail Heads to High Court
Monday, 12 December 2005, 5:08 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird has applied to the High Court for a declaration as to whether Solid Energy needs the permission of the Ministers of Conservation and Energy to kill a protected species by mining the habitat of the threatened giant land snail, Powelliphanta ... More >>
School pupils commended for new marine reserve
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 5:44 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird today welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Fisheries and the Minister of Conservation to approve three more marine reserves covering 3280 hectares. More >>
Fisheries Minister reduces allowable sea-lion kill
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 12:27 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Fisheries Minister Hon. Jim Anderton has taken a step in the right direction by reducing the number of New Zealand sea lions that can be killed by trawlers in the Auckland Island squid fishery by nearly 20 percent. More >>
Slaughter of albatrosses
Friday, 2 December 2005, 11:32 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
New South African research confirms the appalling death toll of albatrosses at the hands of the lucrative longline fishing industry operating in the country's waters, including Shy Albatrosses that breed in New Zealand. More >>
Avoid the ‘Gully Trap’ says Forest And Bird
Friday, 2 December 2005, 11:19 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Wellington Branch of the Royal Forest and Bird Society has urged the Western Corridor Subcommittee to avoid the ‘Gully Trap’ that would have us believe building new highways is the only solution to our transport problems. More >>
Court To Rule On Threatened Giant Land Snail
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 8:57 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
In a case which could determine whether a threatened species of giant land snail goes extinct, the High Court has been asked to rule on the interpretation of a previously unused section of the law. More >>
Set net ban needed to protect Hector’s Dolphin
Friday, 4 November 2005, 4:28 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society has repeated its calls for a national ban on set netting after the killing of four Hector’s dolphins in set nets at Neil’s Beach in South Westland’s Jackson Bay. More >>
The Tui is New Zealand’s Bird of the Year 2005
Friday, 21 October 2005, 9:01 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird today announced that the winner of its New Zealand Bird of the Year 2005 poll is the tui. More >>
Voting opens for New Zealand’s Bird of the Year 05
Wednesday, 5 October 2005, 8:56 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird is today inviting people to vote for their favourite New Zealand Bird of the Year in an online poll launched through the Society’s inaugural email newsletter, e-News. More >>
Solid Energy's haste risks snail's extinction
Thursday, 29 September 2005, 11:44 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Solid Energy risks causing the extinction of the endangered giant land snail, Powelliphanta "Augustus", in its haste to mine the only known habitat of this ancient species, the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society says. More >>
World class wetland protected in Horowhenua
Thursday, 22 September 2005, 8:44 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
The Horowhenua Branch of Forest and Bird and the Manawatu Estuary Trust are delighted that the Manawatu River Estuary has been accorded international status as a Wetland of Significance, the sixth such site in New Zealand. More >>
Will National chop DOC to fund tax cuts?
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 9:56 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird is urging National to state whether it will chop DOC’s budget to fund tax cuts, responding to the release of National’s environment and conservation policy today. More >>
Labour's conservation policy welcomed
Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 9:13 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird today welcomed Prime Minister Helen Clark's commitment to reversing the decline of New Zealand's native plants and animals and an active approach to protecting and enhancing the environment. More >>
Campaign leaflet undermines kiwi protection
Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 4:17 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird is warning that false claims in an election campaign leaflet by the Exclusive Brethren could undermine public confidence in efforts to save kiwi and other native birds from extinction. More >>
Thar statue at Aoraki/Mt Cook silly
Wednesday, 24 August 2005, 5:55 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
National’s criticism of DOC for not promoting thar in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park suggests that National is going soft on the need to control introduced pests such as thar in national parks, Forest and Bird says. More >>
Solid Energy is the “emergency” threatening snails
Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 8:46 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Solid Energy’s claim that an “emergency” exists which justifies its proposal to translocate a threatened giant land snail is ridiculous, as they are the ones threatening the snail’s extinction according to the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. More >>
Celebrate Te Matuku Marine Reserve
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 5:12 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird's Hauraki Gulf Islands Branch is gearing up to celebrate today's official commencement of the Te Matuku Marine Reserve. More >>
NZ'ers excluded from RMA standards development
Monday, 1 August 2005, 11:42 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Mainstream New Zealanders are being excluded from the development of national RMA policy statements and standards according to a Cabinet paper released under Official Information Act. More >>
Landcare Research’s excuses don’t stack up
Monday, 11 July 2005, 10:15 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Counter claims by Landcare Research CEO, Dr Andy Pearce and Solid Energy CEO Dr Don Elder over the withdrawal of a witness from an Environment Court hearing don’t stack up against information obtained under the Official Information Act, Forest and Bird ... More >>
