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Forest & Bird calls for Mackenzie drylands park
July 29, 2010
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird welcomes the announcement by the Environmental Defence Society today that it has won a High ...
Economic case for mining does not stack up
July 19, 2010
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird says the Government’s economic arguments to justify mining New Zealand’s most precious ...
Forest & Bird welcomes Government’s mining decision
July 19, 2010
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird welcomes the Government’s decision to maintain the protection of New Zealand’s ...
Kaipara volunteers win Forest & Bird Pestbuster award
July 1, 2010
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird has awarded its 2010 national Pestbuster award to volunteers working at Atuanui Scenic Reserve north-west ...
Motueka volunteers win Forest & Bird Golden Spade award
July 1, 2010
Motueka couple Beth and Tony Bryant have won Forest & Bird’s national Golden Spade award, for leading the Raumanuka Restoration Project.
Proposed hunting council bad for native forests
June 23, 2010
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird says a proposed hunting council is unbalanced, and would damage forests and plants on public ...
Forest & Bird seeks action on NZ sea lions’ alarming new threat status
June 19, 2010
Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird wants the Government to take greater steps to protect New Zealand sea lions after it was ...
Leading conservation groups unite on World Oceans Day
June 7, 2010
On World Oceans Day tomorrow (June 8) New Zealand’s leading independent conservation groups are meeting to work on the current unprecedented ...
New Zealanders show massive support to save whales, not whaling
June 2, 2010
A petition signed by 53,000 New Zealanders, calling on the Government to protect the future of the world’s whales, was delivered today during a ...
Independent report confirms Schedule 4 mining bad for economy
May 31, 2010
Forest & Bird has publicly released reports from an independent economist today that show mining in Schedule 4 conservation areas is bad ...