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Forest & Bird has worked with local councils, private landowners, and iwi throughout the country to publish a new resource showcasing a selection of nature-based projects throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Aotearoa New Zealand needs a nature-based solutions approach to climate change. Forest & Bird urges the Government and decision-makers to prioritise planting, restoring, and protecting native forests as a key climate action. 

Making room for rivers is a nature-based solution that will reduce flooding, help us adapt to climate change, restore native wildlife, and increase community wellbeing.

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The Government has been elected at a crucial moment in history, as Aotearoa faces the unprecedented challenges of climate change and a major pandemic on top of a natural environment already in crisis.

The modification of rivers for flood management, irrigation, and agriculture has resulted in a decline in the geomorphic condition and habitat quality of river systems.

We need nature, and nature needs us to make a change for the better.

New Zealand is the undisputed seabird capital of the world.

We have more threatened seabird species than anywhere else in the world and the highest number of seabirds that breed nowhere else in the world. 

It was the year of the environment election. Over the course of 2017 public opinion significantly shifted as more New Zealanders realised nature is in crisis and agencies have failed to properly respond.