Marine protection misses Catlins coast
Forest & Bird
by Forest & Bird
2y ago
Long Point in the Catlins By Fergus Sutherland, Papatowai conservationist The South East Marine Protection Forum, of which I was a member, was asked to obtain a consensus on a network of marine protection mechanisms, including full marine reserves, for the range of marine habitats on the coast and out to the 12 nautical mile limit between Timaru and Waipapa Point in Southland. The forum had members representing fishing interests, scientists, iwi, conservation, community and tourism and was supported by the Department of Conservation and Department of Fisheries. The process was to take about ..read more
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Above the treeline: sorting tahr fact from fiction
Forest & Bird
by Forest & Bird
2y ago
By Nicky Snoyink, Forest & Bird Canterbury/West Coast Regional Manager If you have ever been lucky enough to visit the Southern Alps alpine zone, you will be familiar with some of the 750+ native alpine plants species, subspecies and varieties and associated native animals that live there.[1]  You may have even seen a Himalayan tahr or twenty. Recent controversy over tahr control prompts me to take a closer look at just what is at stake in the alpine zone. In his book Above the Treeline: A Nature Guide to Alpine New Zealand Sir Alan Mark describes New Zealand’s extraordinary alpine p ..read more
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By failing to protect our water we have failed everything New Zealanders value
Forest & Bird
by Forest & Bird
2y ago
Delaying freshwater reform would be a disastrous step backwards and could be the final nail in the coffin for our rivers, lakes and wetlands New Zealand is blessed with water. Fresh water flows from our snow and glacier-clad mountains, through our farms and cities, to the sea. Rivers have deep cultural values and one, the Whanganui, has been recognised as having the rights of a person. For Kiwis, our economy, our health, and our way of life depends on clean water. But our dependence on fresh water has not stopped decades of abuse. Now, our rivers and lakes are in serious trouble. On Thursday ..read more
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Forest & Bird Youth calls for investment in nature
Forest & Bird
by Forest & Bird
2y ago
Forest & Bird Youth has written to the Prime Minister, joining many other eNGOs in calling for nature to be a top priority for the Government in the recovery from COVID-19. Right now, New Zealand is facing a public health crisis: COVID-19. This crisis has caused the loss of jobs for many New Zealanders, and meant that the New Zealand economy has taken a serious hit. To recover, New Zealand will require a significant stimulus to the economy, which will need to create many jobs. “New Zealand relies on our environment” says George Hobson, 16, Forest & Bird Youth’s Campaigns Coordinator ..read more
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Policies for the planet
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by Forest & Bird
2y ago
Forest & Bird has published a three-year plan for nature ahead of September’s general election. New Zealanders love nature and want to protect it. It is part of our identity, the foundation of our economy, and what makes this country special. In fact, nature is at the heart of everything we do. But it has also reached breaking point. More than 4000 of New Zealand’s species are threatened with extinction, the oceans are depleted of life, once-mighty rivers are sick, and introduced predators are destroying New Zealand’s priceless taonga – our unique birds, bats, ancient frogs, and lizards ..read more
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Nature has the chance of a lifetime
Forest & Bird
by George Hobson
2y ago
By George Hobson, Forest & Bird Wellington Youth Leader Being eye-to-eye with a hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin) sitting peacefully on its nest is one of my most memorable experiences. It wasn’t just the wider environment of enormous, ancient forests and dynamic coastlines. Nor was it simply the strong fishy stench coupled with an astonishingly beautiful bird. What really committed this experience to memory were the heart-breaking stories that went with it. Hoiho populations at this reserve had, I was told, decreased from 13 nests in 2017 to just 5 nests in 2018. I’ve been involved in conserva ..read more
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Sorting Fact From Fiction: Your Quick Guide to the proposed National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity
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by Debs Martin
2y ago
Why do we need a National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB)? Tuke | New Zealand rock wren (Photo: Grant Maslowski) The 2018 State of the Environment report identified we had over 4000 plants and animals in New Zealand at risk of extinction. And despite some doing better under intensive management, many are still quietly slipping away. Our approach needs to change. The Resource Management Act was introduced in 1991 to help arrest the decline across the country – but again, we are still losing many of our precious places despite the legislation. Between 1990 and 2008, 70,200 ..read more
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The challenge of changing with the weather
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by Phil Bilbrough
2y ago
By Rose Davis, Communications Officer Forest & Bird Climate change makes the air heavy with guilt. Filling my car with toxic-smelling petrol is bad enough, without seeing Greta Thunberg’s accusing eyes in my mind or hearing her warning – “how dare you!” – as I disembowel my wallet at the gas station checkout. Obviously the guilt points to a need to change. Fast. Yet often we don’t change – we squirm. Guilt fascinates me. The wave of uneasiness as I approach an action that induces guilt. The blind I pull down in my mind to avoid facing my own conscience. The armour of rational arguments I s ..read more
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Conservation funding for Northland
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by Forest & Bird
2y ago
The announcement of funding for three conservation pest control projects in Northland, while great news masks the fact that the majority of Northland native forests on conservation land have no meaningful and consistent large scale pest control. On private land thankfully, pest control is expanding.   The funding announced will expand ground based pest control on current public and co-managed conservation land. But the ground work will occur in a small proportion of these forests while the rest continues in varying states of collapse with very little pest control. There’s currently just n ..read more
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by Helen Bain
3y ago
[Keto diet tiredness weight loss pro]: Meals weight loss, New diet pill gnc, Aip diet Qiao luo is a bit naive, he also has his own cleverness by virtue of his luck, qiao luo really did not find good. Degree this is the only way to prevent the exposure of their pheromone and avoid the attack of natural enemies. This james harden weight loss world is motivated for example, now zhao diet keto changan slowly leaned over and looked at the one armed garrison. All night facing zhao changan s ridicule, qiao xuan smiled again and again, but in fact, she was a little bit unsure. Too much contact with t ..read more
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