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Imminent closure of squid fishery
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 8:33 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
The imminent closure of the Auckland Islands squid fishery after a report that it has killed over 100 sea lions this year highlights the need for the fishery to change its fishing method, according to Forest and Bird. More >>
Mine Threatens Giant Snail Extinction - F&B
Monday, 18 April 2005, 9:12 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
The first recorded extinction of one of New Zealand’s distinctive giant land snails could occur in the next 12 months if the State Owned Enterprise (SOE) Solid Energy continues to mine the only known habitat of the snail. More >>
Ark in the Park returns robins to the ranges
Monday, 18 April 2005, 9:10 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
After more than 100 years absence, robins have been returned to the Waitakere Ranges today. More >>
Marine Reserve Bill commitment welcomed
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 11:55 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Yesterday in Parliament, the Minister of Conservation committed the Government to passing the Marine Reserves Bill after the election. More >>
Deer repellent bait will take money from nature
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 5:17 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
The decision of Conservation Minister Chris Carter to allow the use of deer repellent bait on public conservation land is putting pests before forests warns Forest and Bird. More >>
DOC funding boost welcomed
Monday, 11 April 2005, 9:45 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird is hoping that the increase in Department of Conservation funding announced today by Conservation Minister Chris Carter will allow the Department of Conservation to retain expert scientists. DOC is to receive a $24.6m funding boost ... More >>
Labour’s pot call’s National’s kettle black
Monday, 4 April 2005, 8:45 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Associate Environment Minister David Benson-Pope is being urged to withdraw his proposed amendments to the Resource Management Act after delivering a spirited defence of the Act and public participation while criticising National’s proposals to faster ... More >>
English backtracks on marine reserves commitment
Wednesday, 23 March 2005, 4:57 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society says that Bill English’s opposition to a marine reserve at the Nuggets flies in the face of the commitment he made in 2002. More >>
Billion dollar asset deserves Nats support
Friday, 18 March 2005, 9:23 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
“Public conservation land is an asset worth billions of dollars to New Zealand yet the Department of Conservation gets only a fraction of this amount to safeguard it,” said Forest and Bird’s Conservation Manager Kevin Hackwell today. More >>
Brash announces high country privatisation agenda
Thursday, 17 March 2005, 9:22 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
National Party leader Dr Don Brash’s speech at Molesworth today indicates an agenda to privatise the high country for the privileged few instead of creating conservation parks for all New Zealanders. More >>
High Country Accord threat a ''smokescreen''
Monday, 14 March 2005, 9:28 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
The High Country Accord’s threats about farmers withdrawing from tenure review is a smokescreen the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society says. More >>
North Nelson Marine Reserve approval welcomed
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 4:26 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird today welcomed the decision of the Minister of Fisheries and the Minister of Conservation to approve the Glenduan to Ataata Point Marine Reserve near Nelson. More >>
Ahuriri Conservation Park – Stunning Achievement
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 11:11 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Ahuriri Conservation Park is a stunning new high country park with its glaciated mountain peaks, beech forests, valley floor wetlands and easy public access to the exceptional landscapes of the braided river valley, the Royal Forest and Bird Protection ... More >>
New Zealand part of regional fisheries org
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 10:43 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
New Zealand is part of one of three inter-governmental Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) singled out as failing to prevent the slaughter of the world’s albatrosses in longline fisheries in a new review published by BirdLife International ... More >>
NZ Heed call to action to stop albatross deaths
Monday, 7 March 2005, 11:17 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
New Zealand should heed HRH Prince of Wales’ call to action to stop albatross slaughter More >>
No to Marsden B, but yes to future pet projects?
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 11:08 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
“While the Government has refused to ‘call-in’ the Marsden B power station on environmental grounds it is considering a new call-in procedure to fast track its own pet projects,” Forest and Bird’s Conservation Manager Kevin Hackwell said today. More >>
Motuihe Island: New island sanctuary welcomed
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:37 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Today’s announcement by Conservation Minister Chris Carter that Motuihe Island in the Hauraki Gulf is to be restored as a sanctuary has been welcomed by Forest and Bird. More >>
Marsden B will pollute forest and marine reserves
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:30 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Acid rain and toxic waste from the proposed conversion of the Marsden B power station to coal could damage an important forest reserve and nearby marine ecosystem Forest and Bird is warning. More >>
Cabinet warned that RMA changes could be costly
Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 5:32 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
A paper considered by Cabinet as long ago as September last year warned that proposed amendments to the Resource Management Act could increase costs for developers, councils, community groups and ordinary members of the public who are affected by resource ... More >>
Bottom trawling threatens potential cancer cures
Monday, 31 January 2005, 12:45 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
A letter warning that destructive fishing methods are hampering the search for cancer cures has been published in the latest New Zealand Medical Journal. More >>
