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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 ...
Water groups exclude environmental voice
May 31, 2010
Forest & Bird is concerned that Environment Canterbury has started stacking new river groups by excluding anyone with environmental expertise.
Waitakere kokako get boost from Tiritiri Matangi
May 26, 2010
More endangered kokako are joining their mates at Ark in the Park in the Waitakere Ranges.
Forest & Bird delivers 4000 anti-mining submissions
May 25, 2010
Forest & Bird and other environmental organisations today handed over about 4000 anti-mining submissions to the Ministry of Economic ...
New Zealand biodiversity: captured - Photo competition
May 21, 2010
Photographers are being asked to celebrate New Zealand’s unique biodiversity by getting clicking in a national photo competition to mark the ...
Forest & Bird calls for action over Hector’s dolphin deaths
May 19, 2010
Forest & Bird calls on the Ministers of Fisheries and Conservation to better protect New Zealand’s endangered Hector’s dolphins ...