RMA replacement risks weakening protections for nature – Forest & Bird
Forest & Bird warns that the Government’s proposed replacement of the Resource Management Act (RMA) could weaken critical environmental safeguards…
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Selling Conservation Land Is Exploitative And Out Of Step With The Values Of Kiwis – Forest And Bird
Conservation Minister Tama Potaka today announced the Government is progressing with its Modernising Conservation Land Management proposals, including a new…
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War On Nature Targets National Parks – Forest and Bird
Forest & Bird is condemning a new Government plan to accept pests like deer and tahr in our national parks….
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IRD Offers Tax Tips For Destroying Precious Wetlands – Forest and Bird
Forest & Bird is asking Inland Revenue Te Tari Taake whether the fines for illegally draining a wetland are also…
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Denniston Should Be Scientific Reserve, Not Fast-tracked Coal Mine – Forest and Bird
Forest & Bird is calling on the Government to create a new scientific reserve covering the Denniston Plateau on the…
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Forest & Bird Says National Parks Not Game Parks
The week after the Government published an action plan which skirts around a $1.5 billion gap in funding for conservation,…
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Government Tone Deaf On Mining Public Conservation Land – Forest And Bird
A twin assault on the future protection of conservation land by the Prime Minister and Minister for Resources is cause…
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Flawed Fast-Track Bill Silences Impacted Communities – Forest and Bird
The Fast-track Approvals Bill is back from select committee and Forest & Bird is alarmed that the purpose for the…
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Fast-track List Reveal Is A Dark Day For Democracy – Forest And Bird
Parliament’s Environment Committee must delay reporting back on the Fast-track Approvals Bill until it has time to properly consider the…
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Fast-track Approvals Bill Still Fundamentally Flawed, Despite Welcome Changes – Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has welcomed the news today that the Government has listened to the tens of thousands of New…